Cloudy Sunday in Delhi, hot Monday expected
byNew Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The skies remained cloudy for a major part of the day Sunday and the maximum temperature settled three notches…
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A bow here, wow there, bow-wow everywhere (Letter from Shimla)
byShimla: Just over a month after the Himachal Pradesh High Court directed the Shimla Municipal Corporation to ensure that the streets of this popular…
Jharkhand to get Rs.800 crore for forest livelihood project
byRanchi, May 12 (IANS) Jharkhand is all set to get Rs.800 crore for advancement of livelihood and forestry for ecological security, an official said…
Delhi Metro set to be even cleaner
byNew Delhi: The Delhi Metro has a record for being neck and shoulders above the rest of the city, when it comes to cleanliness…
Delhi sees warm Sunday morning
byNew Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a warm Sunday morning with the minimum temperature settling one notch above average at 26.7…
Mercury rises to 46.4 degrees, heat wave sweeps Odisha
byBhubaneswar, May 11 (IANS) The heat wave continued to sweep Odisha Saturday, with one town recording over 46 degrees Celsius, an official said. The…
Landslides, house collapses kill eight in Mizoram; 11 missing
byAizawl, May 11 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 11 were missing, while 25 others sustained injuries in Mizoram Saturday, when nine…
Two more rhinos killed in Assam
byGuwahati, May 11 (IANS) Forest officials in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park found two carcasses of one-horned rhinos from two locations, officials said Saturday. Park…
Thunderstorm lashes Chandigarh, cools temperature
byChandigarh: Rain preceded by a storm gave respite to residents of Chandigarh and surrounding areas Saturday afternoon from the scorching heat of the last one…
26 elephants killed in Central African Republic
byMoscow, May 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Suspected ivory poachers have slaughtered 26 elephants in the Dzanga Bai reserve in the Central African Republic, the World…