Sunny Saturday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) It was a sunny Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season. “The sky will remain partly cloudy in…
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Heavy showers cool Bengaluru for second day
Bengaluru, May 6 (IANS) City residents enjoyed a second straight day of cooling showers on Friday when it rained continuously for nearly three hours. Good weather is likely to be seen on Saturday too. What…
Rain brings relief from scorching sun in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, May 6 (IANS) Rains in several parts of Odisha on Friday brought relief for people reeling under scorching sun since last couple of days, with the number of places recording temperatures above 40 degrees…
Poachers kill a rhino in Assam’s Manas national park
Guwahati, May 6 (IANS) After a gap of over two years, poachers have managed to kill an one-horned rhino in Assam’s Manas national park, officials said on Friday. “The forest guards here spotted a rhino…
Punish those behind forest fires with life term: BJP MP
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) BJP MP Tarun Vijay on Friday urged the central government to “enact a law to prescribe life imprisonment” for people found guilty of causing forest fires in the country and…
Delhi enjoys another cool day on Friday
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The national capital witnessed a second cool day on Friday, with maximum temperature settling at 35.5 degrees Celsius, three degrees below the season’s normal. Thursday’s maximum temperature was recorded at…
Non-venomous snake rescued from Delhi metro station
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) A non-venomous Royal Snake was rescued on Friday by a team of Wildlife SOS from the Anand Vihar Metro Station. According to the rescue team, the snake was found to…
Telangana heat wave toll rises to 249
Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) The death toll due to heat wave in Telangana rose to 249 with 15 more deaths being reported since Thursday even as there was marked fall in temperatures due to heavy…
Relief from heat wave continues in Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh, May 6 (IANS) With parts of neighbouring hill states Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand getting rain in the past 72 hours, Haryana and Punjab continued to get relief from heat wave conditions on Friday with…
Maharashtra, Odisha worst affected as drought hits several states
By Jaideep Sarin New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Drought-like conditions prevail in several states across the country with Maharashtra and Odisha being the worst affected, reports from across the indicated on Friday. People in the…
More rains, strong winds expected in Ujjain
Ujjain, May 6 (IANS) More rain and high velocity winds were expected in Ujjain, the weather office here said Friday, a day after seven people were killed at the Ardh Kumbh Mela when some temporary…
Heavy rains lash Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Heavy rains accompanied by squalls lashed Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Friday, officials said. The heavy downpour, which began around Thursday midnight, continued till early Friday morning, inundating roads and low-lying…
51 urban areas become ‘open defecation free’ in Maharashtra
Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Maharashtra’s 51 towns and cities out of 361 have been declared ‘Free of Open Defecation’ (ODF) since the launch of toilet construction programme in May 2015 and 50 more urban areas…
UP CM to meet Modi on May 7 over water, drought
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Amid a political slugfest between the Samajwadi Party and BJP over the water crisis in Uttar Pradesh, especially in drought-hit Bundelkhand region, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will meet Prime Minister…
More rains cool Himachal
Shimla, May 6 (IANS) Temperatures across Himachal Pradesh fell sharply and people got relief from the heat on Friday following widespread rains, which also quelled the raging forest fires. Ghumarwin town recorded the highest rainfall…
ZSI to preserve fire-ravaged specimens of Calcutta University
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) is helping preserve some of the partially-damaged rare specimens of the Calcutta University’s zoology department museum that was ravaged by a recent fire, officials said…
Congress has developed Modi phobia: BJP MP
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Congress has developed ‘Narendra Modi phobia’ and at times it could even blame his government for drought and bad monsoon in the country, BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi said on…
‘Phantom pregnancy’ panda becomes mother for real
Beijing, May 6 (IANS) A giant panda that let down her fans with a “phantom pregnancy” in 2014 gave birth to a cub on Friday morning, with more than 100,000 people viewing her delivery online….
8,000-year-old paddy field found in China
Beijing, May 6 (IANS) Chinese archaeologists said they have found a paddy field more than 8,000 years old. This could be the earliest wet rice farming site in the world. The field, covering less than…
Bihar cop asked to compensate for felling tree
Patna, May 6 (IANS) The Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC) has fined a police officer in Gopalganj of Rs.25,000 for illegally felling a ‘jamun’ (blackberry) tree before selling it. Sub-inspector Uday Narayan Singh allegedly cut…