Sabarimala (Kerala), Aug 24 (IANS) The Indian Army is set to build two bailey bridges near the Sabarimala temple to facilitate the pilgrims’ return to the temple town, the authorities said on Friday. The the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) With the state government cancelling the Onam celebrations, it is unlikely that Kerala households within the country or overseas will witness any festivities this year ignoring the huge loss of life…
By Saket Suman Thimphu, Aug 24 (IANS) The mystery surrounding the Himalayan Yeti attracts scores of explorers ever year to the snow-capped mountains, but few return with answers. Daniel C. Taylor, who has spent about…
Chennai, Aug 24 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday said Kerala government was giving “wrong information” about Mullaperiyar dam so that the water storage level does not go up to 152 feet….
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Aug 24 (IANS) The iconic Chadwick falls in the ‘Queen of Hills’, a tourist hotspot in the once summer retreat of the British Raj for nearly a century until India’s independence,…
Kodagu (Karnataka), Aug 24 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday visited the flood-hit Kodagu district and assured the people of Indian Army’s help in rebuilding the devastated region’s roads. “I can assure you that…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) With more than a million people displaced by flooding in Kerala, Britain-based charity Christian Aid on Friday warned that more devastating floods in India will become the norm if nothing…
Shimla, Aug 24 (IANS) For the first time in over 60 years, Dharamsala, the abode of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, on Friday recorded the highest precipitation on a single day in a month,…
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) NASA is launching a laser-armed satellite next month that will measure — in unprecedented detail — changes in the heights of Earth’s polar ice to understand what is causing ice sheets…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Friday and the minimum temperature was recorded at 27.2 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. “The sky will…
Brasilia, Aug 24 (IANS) An isolated Amazonian tribe with no known contact with the outside world has been spotted for the first time by a drone flying over the Brazilian jungle. The country’s National Indian…
Honolulu, Aug 24 (IANS) Hurricane Lane Hurricane Lane was downgraded to a category-3 storm as it moved near Hawaii, after already dumping heavy rains and causing landslides in some areas of the island, the US…
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Hawaii given the imminent arrival of Hurricane Lane, which is threatening to develop into the most powerful storm in decades…
Panaji, Aug 23 (IANS) The Goa government will not approach the Supreme Court against the Mhadei inter-state water disputes tribunal’s award, for fear of an adverse order, state Water Resources Minister Vinod Palienkar said on…
Bengaluru, Aug 23 (IANS) The Indian Army’s engineering task force will help the district administration in restoring the severely battered roads in flood-hit Kodagu district, an official said on Thursday. “About 75 Army engineering task…
Manali, Aug 23 (IANS) All 11 persons, including five women and three children, belonging to two families travelling in a vehicle were killed when it skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Kerala government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the sudden release of water from the Mullaperiyar dam by the Tamil Nadu government was one of the reasons for…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Aug 23 (IANS) Major Hemant Raj from the Indian Army’s 28 Madras Sapth Shakti Command loves action, even when on leave. His visuals have gone viral where he is shown organising…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 23 (IANS) Parts of flood-ravaged Kerala began limping to normalcy as rains kept away from the state for a second successive day on Thursday, but officials admitted there was a long way to…
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is in the process of developing an energy conservation building code for the residential sector, an official said here on Thursday. The Bureau is also…