Caracas, Aug 22 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale has jolted Venezuela’s northeast coast, with no immediate reports of casualties. The Venezuelan Seismological Research Foundation (Funvisis) said the quake occurred on Tuesday…
Caracas, Aug 22 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has rocked Venezuela’s northeast coast. There were, however, no immediate reports of casualties. The Venezuelan Seismological Research Foundation (Funvisis) said the quake occurred…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) In view of the destruction caused by unprecedented floods in Kerala, the National Highways Authority of India has waived charges levied at its three toll plazas in the state. The…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday expressed his displeasure to Lt. Governor Anil Baijal after the DDA expressed its unwillingness to take part in the Delhi government’s mega tree…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The central government has decided to send an additional 89,540 tonnes of food grains to the flood-battered Kerala, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday. Under the National…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 160 illegal bungalows belonging to top celebs, including absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi on Raigad sea coasts, will be demolished for alleged violations of norms,…
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday visited the Assam Zoo after eight animals and a vulture died in the past one week. The deaths followed the spread of a virus….
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Train traffic on all major routes earlier disrupted due to damage to tracks by floods in Kerala has been restored, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. “The traffic between…
Jaipur, Aug 21 (IANS) Hathi Gaon (the village of elephants), near Jaipur, has 102 of them. It is from here the giant animal is sent to various tourist places for joy rides. One of these…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IANS) For the first time in many days, the sun shone brightly over Kerala on Tuesday even as hundreds of thousands remained in relief camps while many who returned home broke down…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Indian Railways has appealed to its employees to donate one day’s salary each towards the Kerala relief fund, an official said on Tuesday. The official said the move will…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) In the wake of loss of around 370 human lives and widespread destruction due to torrential rains in Kerala and parts of Karnataka, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences on…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IANS) People returning to their flood-battered homes in Kerala from relief camps were are being greeted by snakes and other reptiles and insects. At Chalakudy in Thrissur district, a man who returned…
Rome, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 11 hikers were killed in flooding caused by heavy rain in the southern Italian region of Calabria, officials said on Tuesday. The hikers were walking in the Raganello Gorge…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Tuesday and the minimum temperature was recorded at 26.6 degrees Celsius, the season’s average. “The sky will be generally cloudy…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not declaring floods in Kerala as national disaster, the Congress on Monday said he did not release enough central fund so…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Kerala government on Monday informed the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) that the floodwaters in the state had started receding as the rains had abated. The information was shared…
Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS) Leading liquor major Diageo India donated Rs 1 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, the company said on Monday. “Our officials met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The central government has declared the devastating Kerala floods as a “calamity of severe nature”. A statement on Monday by Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) The IAS and IPS officers in Odisha have decided to contribute their one day’s salary to help the flood-affected people of Kerala. The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers Association of Odisha…