Shimla, Sep 25 (IANS) A group of 40-45 students of IIT-Roorkee, five Indian born US nationals and two German trekkers were rescued on Tuesday from the icy heights of Himachal Pradesh in a joint operation…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Delhi cabinet on Tuesday approved the ‘Mukhyamantri Solar Power Scheme’ to set up solar panels on rooftops of group housing societies in Delhi. Under the Renewable Energy Service Co…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Uttar Pradesh government to consider declaring certain portions of the area surrounding the Taj Mahal as heritage. The Uttar Pradesh government told the apex…
Bengaluru, Sep 25 (IANS) Heavy downpours have flooded several areas of the city, inundating roads and homes in low-lying areas and uprooting hundreds of trees, an official said on Tuesday. “In the past two days,…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday said rapid urbanisation and erratic climate are ruining the lives of farmers. Addressing the “National Post Harvest and Logistics…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Standard Chartered on Tuesday announced to cease providing financing for new coal-fired power plants anywhere in the world, following detailed consultation with a range of stakeholders. It announced further steps…
Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) One of India’s largest interior infrastructure company Greenply Industries will invest four million euros to nearly triple the capacity of its Africa plant in Gabon by 2019, an official said on…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Yamuna river here is flowing above the danger level following release of water from Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage in the wake of heavy rains and flash floods in parts of…
Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) Giving a break to three days of continuous rainfall, sunshine greeted people in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday. The skies cleared at most places even though cloud cover…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Following overnight rains, the sky remained overcast in the national capital on Tuesday, with the Met predicting off and on showers through the day. The minimum temperature was recorded at…
Shimla, Sep 25 (IANS) Traffic to picturesque Himachal tourist resort Manali was restored partially on Tuesday, a day after all major road links snapped due to landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. However, the…
Kathmandu, Sep 25 (IANS) The first Nepal-China joint steering committee (JSC) meeting to discuss development of hydropower projects will be held here later in September, a Nepali official has said. “Our next agenda is to…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh topped the chart in terms of ease of living followed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, according to the “Ease of Living Index” released by the Ministry of Housing…
Gandhinagar, Sep 24 (IANS) The Gujarat Forest Department has set up as many as 64 teams to scan the vast Gir forests to identify sick and weak lions and immediately shift them to rescue centres…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Monsoon rains in the national capital are likely to abate from Saturday, the weather office said on Monday. “There is nothing unusual about the good spell of rain we received…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Services on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line, which connects Noida to Janakpuri, were halted briefly at Kalindi Kunj station on Monday after a bird was spotted on the tracks. The Delhi…
Shimla, Sep 24 (IANS) Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh on Monday claimed eight lives and hundreds, including school students, were stranded in the state as incessant rainfall for the third straight day triggered landslides and…
Chandigarh, Sep 24 (IANS) Authorities in Punjab on Monday issued a red alert in several districts following heavy rainfall in the state and the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh over the last three days, in…
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) A day after Ganpati Visarjan festivities, Bollywood and television celebrities like Shahid Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Niharica Raizada, Ritwik Sahore and Tanuj Mahashabde took to the Mumbai beaches for a clean-up drive….
By Sandeep Manohar Gangtok, Sep 24 (IANS) In a bid to save people from landslides in mountainous regions, Kerala based Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University has set up a wireless sensor network system in Sikkim-Darjeeling belt…