Shimla: Hail storms struck parts of Kotgarh, an apple growing belt in Shimla district and parts of Mandi and Kullu area, yesterday, at a time when fruit trees were at a peak bloom, has left orchard owners a depressed lot. With much of the bloom prematurely withered out, there would [...]

London, April 14 (IANS) A new study has suggested ants are able to sense earthquakes before the Earth even lightly shudders. Germany researchers discovered the red wood ants prefer to build their colonies along active faults, fractures where the Earth ruptures, Daily Mail reported. The ants’ behaviour significantly changed before [...]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Delhi had a cloudy Sunday and a sprinkling of shower in some parts as the mercury again climbed back above 36 degrees Celsius. The weather office has forecast mercury would rise further Monday. The maximum temperature Sunday at 36.1 degrees appeared to be rising, though [...]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A Manipuri student committed suicide by strangling himself with a mobile phone charger at his hostel room in Delhi University’s Hindu College, police said Sunday. The body of Chang Than Kirpa Singh, 21, was spotted in room 175 of the hostel by his room mate [...]

Beijing, April 14 (IANS) The number of confirmed infections in humans of the H7N9 bird flu in China rose to 51 as two new cases were reported from the Henan province Sunday. Of the total cases of H7N9 bird flu infection reported in China, 11 people have died so far. [...]

Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) Providing a level playing field by making primary education available to all classes will create a just society, a leading sociologist said here. “Level the playing field at the initial stage… make primary education available to all. This will ensure a just society and propagate equality [...]

Shimla, April 14 (IANS) They still take the traditional Silk Route. Only, unlike ancient traders and travellers, they take wings. The feathered guests that descend on various waterbodies across India with the onset of winter, after crossing national and international boundaries to avoid the extreme chill of their native habitats [...]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) She is a harbinger of hope for milllions of village women across India – whether it is to take a pregnant woman to the hospital for delivery, vaccinating a child or ensuring family planning. For that is what her name, Asha, literally means. And Prasadpur [...]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the capital Sunday and the minimum temperature settled a notch above average at 21.9 degrees Celsius. The met office has forecast light rain in the evening. Parts of the city received sporadic rain Saturday night. A total of 1.6 [...]

Dubai, April 14 (IANS/WAM) The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) has conferred degrees to 178 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The 23rd graduation ceremony of the university was attended by UAE Minister of Education Humaid Mohammed Al Qatami, Gerard Seeber, Australian consul general and senior trade commissioner, Joe Chicharo, deputy [...]