New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday directed the Delhi pollution board to strictly implement the ban on Chinese ‘manjha’ (kite string) in the city during the upcoming festive season….
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Chairing Delhi’s first “Green Budget” review meeting on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the work of installing solar panels, promoting clean fuel and planting 30 lakh trees in…
New Delhi,, July 18 (IANS) City electricity distribution company (discom) BSES Yamuna Power Ltd (BYPL), supplying to central and east Delhi, on Wednesday said it has signed a power sale agreement with the Solar Energy…
London, July 18 (IANS) People who continue with their regular physical activities may have reduced risk of first and recurrent heart attack even in the areas with moderate-to-high levels of traffic pollution, a new study…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) PETA India has called on e-commerce sites — OLX and Quikr — to end the sale of live animals, saying this kind of trade treats them as unfeeling commodities and…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 18 (IANS) Unabated rains over the past few days have badly affected normal life in Kottayam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Idukki districts in Kerala. At least 14 people have died in the past 10…
Manila, July 18 (IANS) Normal life was hit in the Philippines as heavy rains induced by Tropical Storm Henry continued to pound the country on Wednesday. Residents in Manila were trying their best to stay…
London, July 18 (IANS) Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct Earth age and are calling it a new chapter — the “Meghalayan Age” — the onset of which was marked…
Guatemala, July 18 (IANS) The death toll in the Fuego volcano eruption has climbed to 121, after five more victims were identified, Guatemala’s National Coordination for Disaster Reduction said on Wednesday. The Civil Protection authority…
Yangon, July 18 (IANS) An earthquake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, was felt in Myanmar’s Sagaing region on Wednesday, a Meteorology and Hydrology Department release said. No damages have been reported so far. The…
Dehradun, July 18 (IANS) The Yamunotri-leg of the annual Char Dhaam pilgrimage has been halted due to heavy rains that continue to batter many parts of Uttarakhand for the last three days, an official said…
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) Actress Richa Chadha has become the face and voice of the Save the Elephants campaign by animal rights organisation PETA. An international organisation, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, with the…
London, July 18 (IANS) Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct Earth age and are calling it a new chapter — the “Meghalayan Age” — the onset of which was marked…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.6 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office said….
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi Golf Club on Tuesday denied charges levelled by the Delhi government, which has filed a police complaint against the Club alleging illegal axing of trees within its premises….
Gandhinagar, July 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Gujarat on July 20 has been cancelled following torrential rains in Saurashtra and south Gujarat for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, even as…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Delhi government has filed a police complaint against the Delhi Golf Club for illegally cutting trees inside the club. The government has demanded that an FIR be registered against…
Jaipur, July 17 (IANS) A district court on Tuesday heard a plea by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against his conviction by a trial court in the 1998 Kankani blackbuck poaching case and fixed August 3…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday called on Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan here and sought speedy approval of Rs 1,125 crore…
Chandigarh, July 17 (IANS) Prompted by the success in curtailing fertiliser usage in the kharif crops, ‘Tandarust Punjab Mission’ will now focus on restraining the usage of urea, a senior functionary said on Tuesday. The…