Bangalore, Sep 25 (IANS) Bangaloreans are hoping the skies will not open up over the next three days and spoil the Dussehra and Durga puja festivities in the city which has been ...

By Maitreyee Boruah Bangalore, Sep 21 (IANS) With heavy showers leading to massive traffic jams and yet another child dying after falling into a flooded drain, residents and experts say only public-private partnership ...

Bangalore, Sep 17 (IANS) More than 24 hours after an 18-month-old boy was washed away in a flooded drain here, his body has not been found and the search operation has shifted ...

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) This monsoon's second heavy rainfall in the capital flooded several roads and low-lying areas Tuesday after drains got choked, causing massive traffic pile ups all across the ...

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A section of the road on the controversial Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor here caved in early Sunday leaving critically injured two bikers who fell into a ...

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which was blamed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday for the chaos in the national capital after heavy rains Monday, sought ...

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Mayor Kanwar Sain Tuesday offered public apologies after the season's heaviest monsoon downpour a day earlier left two people dead and ...

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Heavy rains flooding the capital Monday caused disruption in railway traffic and many trains to and from Delhi were delayed by at least two-three hours, an official ...

Gurgaon, July 19 (IANS) An eco-friendly building that recycles its water and solid waste and uses minimal electricity so impressed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that she said it deserves equal ...

Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Millions of people were hit Tuesday as heavy rains for a second straight day flooded roads and rail tracks and forced schools and offices to shut in India's ...

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has set right a damaged storm water drain at an under-construction Metro site in south Delhi area and opened the road ...

Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms ...

Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms of ...

Washington, July 2 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Haifa-Oranim in Israel have managed to make out the "self-irrigating" mechanism of the desert rhubarb, which enables it to harvest 16 times the ...

Chandigarh, June 30 (IANS) More water would be released from Bhakra and Pong dams after the level in their reservoirs increased in the last few days, an official said Tuesday much to ...

Ranchi, June 24 (IANS) The rising temperature coupled with the heat wave has claimed 17 lives in Jharkhand in the last three days. The state has broken all previous weather records and ...

It is high time that people all over the world realize that they have a moral responsibility towards their home planet as the creatures inhabiting on the Earth. Human beings are ...

Bangalore, June 11 (IANS) After a six-year old child died after falling into an uncovered rain flooded drain May 31 in this tech hub in Karnataka, another person died Wednesday night after ...

Ranchi, May 26 (IANS) Thousands of fish were found dead in a pond here Tuesday, an official in the state fishery department said. He said the fish died after Ranchi witnessed heavy rainfall ...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Actor Emraan Hashmi, who celebrated his birthday shooting for his upcoming film "Tum Mile", said he fractured his finger on the big day and received ...

By Subhash K Jha Mahesh Bhatt likes to receive gifts from his nephew and favourite protégé Emraan Hashmi. Even on the young actor's birthday. Says Emraan, "On my 30th birthday on Tuesday I ...

Shimla, Jan 19 (IANS) The hills are looking clean again. Once an eyesore, littering the verdant mountain slopes, choking drains and scarring the environment, plastic pollution has come down dramatically in Shimla ...

Ahmedabad, Sep 15(IANS) A Non Resident Indian from Dubai was killed when the car he was travelling in was washed away while crossing a bridge over an overflowing river in Rajkot in ...

Bangalore, Sep 1 (IANS) Residents of several upscale localities as well as low-lying areas in this IT hub of India went through harrowing time Monday as rain water entered their homes. The ...

Faridabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Three people, including a two-year-old girl, had a miraculous escape Tuesday afternoon when a Tata Safari sports utility vehicle (SUV) sank in a big ditch filled with rain ...

Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 19 (IANS) Five people were killed and five others seriously injured when a bus overturned in Uttar Pradesh, the police said Tuesday. The incident occurred on the ...

New Delhi , August 17 (ANI): After a gap of five years Yamuna river is flowing above danger mark to touch 205.55 meter in Delhi . This is about 1.50 meters above ...

Jammu, August 17 (ANI): Despite improvement in situation in Jammu and Kashmir, migrant labourers from Kashmir valley, who have been jobless because of frequent shutdowns owing to the ongoing land shrine ...

Patiyali (UP), Aug 17 (ANI): Heavy incessant rains have wreaked havoc in several villages in Uttar Pradesh. Heavy downpour for past three months have left several villages in Patiyali sub-division of ...

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Aug 10 (ANI): Heavy downpour has thrown life out of gear in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. Incessant rains have brought entire region to a near standstill with water ...