Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) As rising sea levels force farming communities in the Sundarbans to explore other means of livelihood, a section of fishermen have voiced their demand to fish in the rivers and canals…
Agra, April 25 (IANS) A leopard entered a residential colony and attacked a few people here on Monday, creating a panic, residents and officials said. The leopard entered a house in the posh Suresh Nagar…
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai inspects trail of implementation of odd-even formula begins in New Delhi on Dec 31, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) Gopal Rai New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister…
New Delhi: BJP MP Paresh Rawal at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Aug 3, 2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) BJP MP and Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal was fined Rs.2,000 for…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, April 25 (IANS) Acute drinking water shortage due to drastic fall in water levels in major reservoirs, continuing crisis in agriculture and a harsh summer have made this the worst ever…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to consider if there is any possibility to exempt lawyers from the second phase of the odd-even traffic restriction scheme…
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) With the mercury showing no signs of subsiding, the Odisha government on Monday announced summer vacations in schools from April 26. “We took the decision as the Met department forecast that…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, April 25 (IANS) Do not throw away leftover cooking oil. You can convert it into biodiesel in a microwave and use that to run your car. Turning cooking oil into auto…
Imphal, April 25 (IANS) The Manipur government has started opening relief camps for villagers who were rendered homeless in the recent torrential rains and thunderstorms, an official said on Monday. Official reports said that in…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 25 (IANS) At least 10 regions of Myanmar are facing severe water shortagesdue to searing summer temperatures brought on by El Nino, leading to dried up wells, ponds and rivers. The…
Patna, April 25 (IANS) Eighteen people, including seven children and four women, died and about 2,500 houses were destroyed since Sunday in various incidents of fire in Bihar with heat wave playing its part, officials…
Jammu/Srinagar April 25 (IANS) As sweltering heat torments residents in other parts of the country, Kashmir continued to remain cool at 20 degrees Celsius, a weather official said on Monday. Most locals in the Valley…
Phnom Penh, April 25 (IANS) The Cambodian government is set to list five new forests with a total of about 950,000 hectares in the country’s protected forest areas, officials said on Monday. “This clearly shows…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 20.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. The sky would…
Ghaziabad, April 24 (IANS) A medicinal herb park here, maintained by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), is being ruined by a private marriage function and officials, despite assurances of action, are yet to take any…
Bhubaneswar, April 24 (IANS) Titlagarh in Odisha on Sunday registered a maximum temperature of 48.5 degrees Celsius, the highest in the country, while 17 other places recorded above 40 degrees, as people continued to reel…
Guwahati, April 24 (IANS) Over 40,000 people have been affected and 1,000 hectares of cropland inundated by flood waters following pre-monsoon rains for the past one week in Assam, officials said on Sunday. Four districts…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The US space agency is preparing to put in the sky an array of new experimental aircraft — known as X-planes and intended to carry on the legacy of demonstrating advanced…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched for water conservation efforts in the coming monsoon so as to avert water shortages faced, this…
By Archana Rao New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Home to over 1,300 animals and birds, the National Zoological Park in Delhi is gearing up to bring significant changes, including through plantation of more exotic trees…