Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Adding to the ongoing monsoon woes, an important road bridge with two pedestrian walkways on Grant Road station in south Mumbai was closed after potentially dangerous cracks were noticed on Wednesday….
By Mayank Aggarwal Dehradun, July 4 (IANS/Mongabay) H.P. Upreti, an ex-serviceman lives in the Shakti Vihar locality of the Srinagar town of Uttarakhand. He vividly recalls the day, five years ago, when one of the…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Criticizing the replacement of two-storey buildings with high rises, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a detailed response from the NBCC and DDA and explain the meaning of redevelopment…
Shimla, July 4 (IANS) Rail traffic on the Kalka-Shimla track — a world heritage site — was disrupted for over two hours on Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh owing to landslides following rainfall, an official said….
San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) California Highway 1, one of the most famous and scenic roads in the US, will reopen on July 20, according to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). A stretch of…
Bali, July 4 (IANS) Mount Agung in Indonesia’s Bali island erupted on Wednesday, sending thick plumes of ash and smoke into the sky. Indonesia’s Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said the eruption had…
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) Many rivers in Uttar Pradesh are in spate following heavy rains in the past 48-hours. Rivers Ghaghra and Saryu are flowing much above normal level while Rapti has breached the danger-mark…
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Actor Sanjay Mishra is happy to be part of a film, which touches upon the issue of water crisis in a village in Rajasthan. The film, titled “Turtle”, is directed by…
Dubai, July 4 (IANS) The Dubai Municipality has honoured a 10-year-old Indian expat who turned his love for the World Cup into an innovative way to reduce plastic bag waste. Using his own Eid money,…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, July 4 (IANS) Known more for their slithery manoeuvres in political muck, Goas netas, all of a sudden, appear to have woken up to the wonders of farming and getting their…
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) Seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Wednesday in an accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in the Ramban district. A vehicle carrying the pilgrims to the Kashmir Valley met with the…
Shimla, July 4 (IANS) Rail traffic on the Kalka-Shimla track — a world heritage site — was disrupted on Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh owing to landslides following rainfall, an official here said. Nobody was injured….
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) A day after the partial collapse of a bridge in suburban Andheri, another railway overbridge developed visible cracks at downtown Grant Road on Wednesday. The bridge on Grant Road station of…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Parts of the city and National Capital Region received moderate showers on Wednesday. The minimum temperature was recorded at 25 degrees Celsius, season’s average. “There was 5.1 ml of rainfall…
Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) The death toll from a landslide on a trek route to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir have increased to five, police said on Wednesday. The landslide occurred on…
Srinagar, July 3 (IANS) Two Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were killed and four others injured in a landslide on the trek to the Jammu and Kashmir cave shrine from the Baltal base camp on Tuesday, police…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday barred any public and private functions at a park in east Delhi. Observing that “flora may get destroyed”, if the park is allotted…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Union Environment Ministry on Tuesday relaxed the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules, clearing way for the defence projects and development of important infrastructure in the ecologically-critical areas. However, apart…
Srinagar, July 3 (IANS) A flash flood hit the Baltal base camp of Amarnath Yatra in north Kashmir on Tuesday evening, officials said. Authorities have confirmed that all Yatris are safe. Police said a minor…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Delhi Environment and Forest Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday said the AAP government had written to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to seek revocation of permission to cut trees for redevelopment…