Shimla, Aug 21 (IANS) The southwest monsoon was 17 per cent deficient in Himachal Pradesh with four districts recording shortfall in rain, an official at the local meteorological office said on Sunday. “The overall monsoon…
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) West Bengal has been put on alert after the meteorological department forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. According to the Regional Meteorological…
Bhopal, Aug 21 (IANS) With several days of continuous downpour in the Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh, about 100 villages in Rewa and Satna district have been devastated by floods, officials said on Sunday. They…
Hanoi, Aug 21 (IANS) At least seven persons were killed and two went missing as typhoon Dianmu hit Vietnam, authorities said on Sunday. After making landfall in northern Vietnam on Friday, Dianmu weakened into a…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) It was a pleasant and cloudy Sunday morning here, however the day wass expected to get hotter, weather office said. The minimum temperature recorded at 26.1 degree celsius, average for…
Agra, Aug 20 (IANS) An Indian Eagle Owl was rescued from a poacher near Bodla market, Agra, and released into its natural habitat. The bird was under the care of wildlife conservation organisation Wildlife SOS…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) The Odisha government on Saturday urged the Wildlife Trust of India to prepare a Comprehensive Wildlife Management Plan for the state within 15 months. “The WTI has been requested to prepare…
Dhaka, Aug 20 (IANS) A Bangladesh citizens’ group held a day-long protest on Saturday against the Rampal power plant project in the Sundarbans being jointly executed with India. The 1,000-odd protesters of the National Committee…
Bhopal, Aug 20 (IANS) Seventeen people have died across Madhya Pradesh in the devastation caused by three days of continuous rain and resultant floods, including building collapses in Sagar and Satna districts, officials said on…
Tokyo, Aug 20 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale hit the northeast coast of Japan on Saturday but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake with epicentre…
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has conditionally approved the Rs 4,500 crore Turga pump storage hydroelectric project of 1,000 megawatt in Purulia district of West Bengal, an official said on Saturday….
Bhopal, Aug 20 (IANS) Fifteen people have died since Friday across Madhya Pradesh in devastation caused by three days of continuous rain and resulting floods, including building collapses in Sagar and Satna districts, officials said…
Tokyo, Aug 20 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit Miyako in Japan on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to…
Sagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Seven members of a family died and three were seriously injured early on Saturday in this Madhya Pradesh district when their house collapsed due to continuous rains, police said. The family…
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) The famous Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi has been flooded, leading to an abrupt closure of cremations, an official said on Saturday. The rising water of the Ganga has submerged the Harishchandra…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) It was a sunny and clear Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “The skies will…
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Eleven people were killed due to massive floods across Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Saturday. Hundreds of mud houses in Bundelkhand have collapsed in one day, which killed five persons…
Los Angeles, Aug 20 (IANS) At least 96 houses were destroyed in the huge ongoing Southern California wildfire, while firefighters made more progress containing the blaze. The Blue Cut Fire started near an exit off…
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has sancttioned a 500-acre land in Rishikesh for opening up of a turtle breeding centre in an effort to clean up Ganga. Sources told IANS on…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Friday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh and the central governments on pollution in the Ganga river, especially due to industrial discharge from the tanneries, saying…