A fresh snowfall was experienced in higher reaches as well in southern districts of Kashmir while as rains lashed plains on Tuesday, plummeting the temperature further in the Valley. The fresh snowfall also led to the closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway,...

Dozens of livestock were killed while five residential houses were damaged after an avalanche hit Badugam village of Tulail in the Gurez sector on Thursday night.According to wire service-Kashmir News Observer (KNO), around 30 sheep l, a cow and a Buffalo were...

The bad weather conditions continued across Kashmir for the fourth consecutive day has disrupted the normal life in Kashmir with local Meteorological department predicting sunshine from January 19 onwards.According to the wire service—Kashmir News Observer...

At least 11 persons including for Army men and were killed in separate snow avalanches across Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said.According to wire service—Kashmir News  Observer (KNO), four soldiers were killed after an avalanche hit Machil sector...

The continuous snowfall and rainfall for the second consecutive day across Kashmir threw life out of gear, forcing cancellation of all flights to and fro Srinagar Airport and also the closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road connecting Valley with...

Amid continuous fresh snow spell in Kashmir, the weatherman on Tuesday predicted improvement in the weather conditions from Wednesday, saying that from this evening,  weather would remain dry till Jan 11.According to the wire service Kashmir News Observer...

Hill stations in Himachal Pradesh may ring in a white New Year as the Meteorological office on Tuesday forecast snow in the state from January 1.However, due to snowfall, traffic may be disrupted in some areas, especially in Chamba, Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti, Shimla...

Chenani-Patnitop circular roads open for traffic movement which were blocked due to snow and landslides on the road.District Administration, Concerned Department, Gammon  and NHAI gear up their men and machinery to clear the snow and blockages on road and opened...

The fresh snowfall in the Valley ended the smoggy weather conditions that continued from past one week while as the poor visibility has suspended the flight operations for the seventh straight day on Friday.According to the wire service—Kashmir News Observer...

The November 7 snowfall that created havoc throughout Kashmir has caused a massive damage in several teaching departments of the Kashmir University (KU).An official told wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the departments which are functioning...

The government has failed to cut poplar trees that have posed a threat to lives and property at several places in Srinagar and city outskirts.The last week’s massive snowfall has sent shockwaves among the inhabitants of several places after huge destruction...

Days after the 18-hour-long snowfall wreaked havoc in Kashmir Valley, the government on Monday stated that the priority to restore the power supply and to clear the roads was fixed in light of the requirement and importance.Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar,...

The unseasonal snowfall that paralysed the normal life across Kashmir on November 7 has resulted in over Rs 100 Crore losses to the Kashmir’s power infrastructure as 700 transformers and over 6000 electric poles have witnessed intense damage.According to...

The season’s first snowfall in Kashmir has wreaked havoc to the fruit growers in South Kashmir’s Shopian district as hundreds of apple boxes, stocked at Fruit Mandi Aglar here  have suffered extensive damage.According to the wire service –Kashmir News...

Most of the schools on Saturday were out bounds due to water logging and snow accumulation forcing the divisional administration to order for closure of all educational  institutions across Kashmir. The decision also coincided with the Supreme Court...

Researchers conducting a study in a periurban area in southern India have found that air pollution in the country is associated with higher risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).The study shows that people most exposed to fine particles have a higher CIMT index...

The season’s first snowfall on Thursday wreaked havoc to apple orchards in Kashmir by causing widespread damage to the apple trees and the crop as well.The administration  was caught napping over the weather predictions without issuing any severe weather...

Security forces, especially the army has received a divine intervention to plug to the infiltration at the Line of Control (LoC) as the season’s first heavy snowfall has resulted in the  closure of all the infiltration routes in Jammu and Kashmir.According...

The season’s first snowfall on November 6, continued to throw normal life across Kashmir out of gear for the second consecutive day as the death toll due to intense snowfall  touched seven in the region including two porters.Within 24 hours of snow...

Security forces, especially the army has received a divine intervention to plug to the infiltration at the Line of Control (LoC) as the season’s first heavy snowfall has resulted in the closure of all the infiltration routes in Jammu and Kashmir.According to...

Heavy snowfall of this year’s winter season triggered a chaos on Srinagar roads with people asking repeated question as to why the snow has not been cleared off the city roads including Lal Chowk area. People travelling on city roads out of compulsion amid...

The season’s first snowfall on Thursday wreaked havoc to apple orchards in Kashmir by causing widespread damage to the apple trees and the crop as well.The administration was caught napping over the weather predictions without issuing any severe weather...

Barely an hour after the season’s first snowfall in Kashmir, power supply went off while as road and air traffic was suspended across the region. The entire region including Srinagar city got enveloped under the white carpet due to the season’s first snowfall...

The Srinagar administration has issued helpline numbers for the information of the general public requiring assistance in view of the prevalent weather situation in the district.The general public have been asked to contact the following numbers in case...

As the intermittent rains lashed Valley since the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday, the weatherman here have predicted snowfall in higher reaches as well as in plains across Kashmir till November 08.Talking to the wire service –Kashmir News Observer...

At least six persons were killed in Mumbai and Satara as rains continued to clobber large stretches of Maharashtra, especially the coastal Konkan region, on Sunday, hitting train  services badly.IAF helicopters rescued 58 people in Thane and boats...

As many as 16 people died in Karachi and other parts of Pakistan's Sindh province as the first spell of monsoon rain wreaked havoc causing gridlock and flooding in several districts, officials said.The two government-run healthcare facilities in the city...

The railway services on the Samastipur-Darbhanga route were suspended on Sunday as it got submerged in the flood, which has affected as many as 13 districts in  Bihar.According to Chief PRO of East-Central railway Rajesh Kumar, 10 trains have been cancelled...

Over 1,000 passengers, including nine pregnant women, on the Mahalaxmi Express which was stranded for nearly 18 hours in heavy flood waters, around 90 km from Mumbai, were rescued in a massive, multi-agency operations by Saturday afternoon, officials said.Central...

As many as 127 people are reported to have died in Bihar as the flood situation across 13 districts in the eastern state remained critical, affecting over 82 lakh people, according to officials on Saturday.The situation is particularly grave in 13 districts...

The Indian Air Force (IAF), Navy, Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) launched a massive aerial and surface operation to rescue an estimated 1,500 passengers stranded in the Mahalaxmi Express on the flooded railway tracks at Vangani here...

At least seven people have been killed as torrential rains continue to batter Pakistan.According to rescue officials, one woman along her one-year-old boy died as rainwater flooded their house's basement in Rawalpindi. Another young boy drowned while swimming,...

Excess water release from Bhutan's Kuricchu Hydropower Plant flooded seven western Assam districts on Thursday even as the death toll from the floods rose to 76 in the state.Officials of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Thuesday said...

Goa's Selaulim dam, a crucial water reservoir which provides supply for nearly half of the state's population has started overflowing following incessant rain over the last one week, an official at the state Water Resources Department (WRD) said.In May, following...

At least six persons died in flood-related incidents in Assam in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 75 even as 34,82,170 people continued to be affected by the deluge in 20 districts of the state till Wednesday evening.Officials of the Assam State...

The flood situation in Bihar remained grim on Wednesday and is expected to worsen as neighbouring Nepal is witnessing heavy rains and the water from the overflowing rivers there may flow in to Bihar, an official said.So far, 106 people have died while over...

At least 32 people, including women and children, were killed and over a dozen injured in incidents of lightning strikes across Bihar in last 24 hours, an official said on Wednesday.Eight deaths were reported in Jamui, seven in Aurangabad, five in Banka,...

Flood has severely affected at least 12 districts of Bihar and despite every possible help from the government, people's woes are standing afirm. In this horrifying situation, a Model Police Station has also been turned into a 'pond' where boats remained the...

Floods continue to ravage 12 districts in Bihar in which 102 people have lost their lives so far and nearly 72 lakh people have been affected.In Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and many other areas people have taken shelter on roads....

With the water level in major rivers receding, the situation in flood-hit Bihar showed signs of improvement on Wednesday."There is some improvement in the flood situation. The flood water that spread to large areas is receding, relief and rescue operations...

The flood situation in Bihar continued to remain grim on Tuesday with over 2.5 million people affected by it across the 12 districts of the state, officials said.In the last 24 hours, all the major rivers were flowing above the danger level, leading to embankment...

Blame global warming, and Ladakh is one of those places where its more evident than elsewhere. Extending from the Siachen glacier to the Himalayas, the picturesque region evokes mental imagery of Buddhist architecture and snow-laden surroundings. Now, both...

Over 22,000 people have been shifted to relief camps and other safer places in Tripura and Mizoram due to flooding of low-lying areas and villages by uninterrupted rains over the past three days, officials said on Monday.At least four people were drowned...

From villages to cities, entire north Bihar is facing a serious flood situation, forcing people to abandon their inundated houses to seek shelter at safer places, even as water levels of rivers in the area continues to rise.The worst-affected districts are...

Rising water levels in many rivers due to continuous rain had created flood-like situation in as many as six districts of Bihar and had affected rail services, officials said on Saturday.Rail services were affected as flood waters submerged tracks at many places....

The flood situation in Assam continued to worsen with new areas flooding every day even as the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Saturday said that 25 districts of the state are under water and seven people have been killed so far in flood-...

The flood situation in Assam continued to be grim with three more people dying in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll in floods and landslides to six, even as over eight lakh people were marooned by the floods till Friday evening.Officials of...

The Maharashtra government declared a precautionary public holiday on Tuesday in Mumbai after the Central Railway (CR) suspended services at several spots between Mumbai-Thane and suburban train services were disrupted on the Western Railway due to incessant...

A man was electrocuted in Mumbai and three others were killed in Solapur in a lightning strike as rains clobbered several parts of Maharashtra for the fourth consecutive day, disrupting normal life besides hitting air, road and rail traffic, officials...

Severe heatwave killed 12 more people in Bihar in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll over the past three days to 90, official said on Tuesday.However unofficially, the heatwave has claimed more than 250 lives in three days across a dozen districts.Deaths...

Severe heatwave killed 12 more people in Bihar in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll over the past three days to 90, official said on Tuesday.However unofficially, the heatwave has claimed more than 250 lives in three days across a dozen districts.Deaths...

Seventeen persons have died in separate incidents of dust storms, lightning and rain in various parts of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours.According to reports, four persons died in Siddharthanagar, three in Deoria, three in Basti, two in Ballia and one each...

A senior citizen was killed and three women were injured in hoarding crashes as flight, rail and road traffic was affected by pre-monsoon showers that lashed Mumbai, on Wednesday, officials said.An Air India flight AI-678 from Delhi to Mumbai was diverted...

Heatwave in Delhi peaked on Monday, with the mercury touching 48 degrees Celsius, the highest in the history of the national capital.Thanks to dry winds from Rajasthan and Pakistan, the temperature in Delhi surpassed the previous highest of 47.8 degree Celsius...

Rajasthan's Churu was hottest on Saturday with temperature touching 50 degree Celsius in the district, said the met department.The Met Department has issued a red alert and a yellow alert in many districts of the state for the next five days starting from Saturday...

Punjab and Haryana continued to reel under severe heat wave conditions on Saturday with temperatures crossing the 47 degrees Celsius mark at several places.People may get some relief from the rising mercury with the met department here forecasting thundershowers...

As the minimum temperature touched 27.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday in the Delhi-NCR region, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued the highest "red" alert for some parts of northern India including the national capital.Besides Delhi, the...

Even after 11 days of cyclone Fani, the Puri district in Odisha is yet to get power connectivity. The cyclone that hit the coast on May 3 damaged the basic infrastructures like electricity, telecom and water.While the state government claimed to have restored...

A total of 14 lakh trees and eight lakh saplings were damaged as cyclone Fani devastated coastal Odisha, an official said on Saturday.The Forest and Environment Department is the worst-affected in the cyclone as it sustained a Rs 537 crore loss, Secretary,...

A 1,52,985-hectare area covering 88 blocks in 14 districts was affected due to cyclone Fani which hit Odisha, an official said on thursday.Information and Public Relations Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh said as per a preliminary damage assessment report,...