Brussels: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday urged Pakistan to open the transit supply routes for the coalition forces in Afghanistan. "And when it comes to our relationship with Pakistan, my main point is to stress that we need a positive engagement of Pakistan if we are to ensure long-term peace and stability not only in Afghanistan but in the region," Rasmussen said at a press conference. The...
12:09 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Brussels: NATO does not consider India as a missile threat despite the country's advanced missile development programme, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. India is all set to test its domestically-developed Agni V ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 km. The three-stage solid-fuel missile will be launched from a site on Wheelers' Island in the Bay of Bengal and is expected to reach its target area in southern...
03:46 AM, Apr 19, 2012
The minimum in Mysore fell to an all-time record of 7.7 degrees Celsius on January 16, the lowest in the last 120 years. ...
09:15 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: The first spell of dense fog in 2012 wreaked havoc on air operations at the IGI airport on Wednesday hitting over 250 flights and causing inconvenience to flyers. At least 207 domestic and international flights were delayed by five to six hours as the runway visibility remained below the prescribed minima for low visibility take-off of 125 and 150 metres for different types of aircraft. Four flights, two...
08:17 PM, Jan 18, 2012
The water suppy and electricity has got affected due to the extreme cold climate in North India. ...
02:33 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Severe cold wave conditions prevailed over parts of Telengana, Rayalaseema and interior Karnataka. Dry weather prevailed over Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep and the the clear weather coupled with the cold winds from the north led to a sudden drop in the temperature. Madikeri in Karnataka recorded its lowest in the last 132 years on January 16 when the mercury plummeted to 4.8 degrees Celsius....
11:07 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: As many as 40 flights and 35 trains were delayed on the Wednesday morning due to dense fog in Delhi and parts of North India. As the mercury plummeted sharply leaving Delhiites shivering, the minimum was recored at 5.6 degree Celsius as compared to Tuesday's minimum of 9.3 degree Celsius. Flight operations at the IGI Airport were disrupted with 40 flights delayed and three cancelled. Two other flights...
10:54 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi woke up to a thick fog hanging over the city on Wednesday. Dense fog disrupted flight operations at the IGI Airport on Wednesday morning with 30 flights delayed and three cancelled. Two other flights were diverted. The fog started to descend at the airport in the wee hours due to which the runway visibility dipped below 100 metre and the general visibility to less than 50 metre,...
08:19 AM, Jan 18, 2012
Lucknow: The weather is proving to be the biggest adversary of the political parties in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. The plans of the various parties to cover as many areas as possible in a day's campaign are being spoiled by the chilly winter and fog. Most of the elections in UP have been during the summers. That makes it easier for senior party leaders to campaign in most of the constituencies...
04:00 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: In these high-tech times, Indian Railways continues to rely on the age-old practice of bursting fire crackers on tracks to alert train drivers during dense fog. "Fire crackers continue to help us deal with fog. New technology supplements the decades old practice," said Y S Rajput, senior PRO, Northern Railway. According to Rajput, the Delhi division buys around 1.5 lakh fire crackers every year for use during periods...
04:08 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Road and air traffic was affected as visibility dropped below 50 meters and the temperature came down to 12 degrees Celsius. ...
06:33 AM, Jan 05, 2012
Ambala: Ten children on their way to school were killed and 23 others were injured when the bus carrying them collided head-on with a truck amid heavy fog on Saha-Shahabad road near here this morning. Police said visibility was poor due to a thick blanket of fog in the area and the two vehicles collided head-on. The victims were in the age group of 5 to 8 years and were...
12:55 PM, Jan 02, 2012
New Delhi: Flight operations came to a standstill in New Delhi early morning on Friday as a thick fog enveloped the national capital. More than 40 domestic and international flights have been delayed, while nine arriving and departing flights were cancelled. Trains haven't been spared either. Nearly 16 are reportedly running late, and over 22 have been cancelled. The situation is expected to improve as the day progresses. The visibility...
09:49 AM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: Dense fog enveloped the IGI Airport on Friday morning, leading to diversion of four flights and delaying 75 others. Two Jet Airway flights from Doha and Abu Dhabi and one Kingfisher flight from Dubai were diverted to Jaipur while one cargo flight from Chennai was diverted to Ahmedabad, airport officials said. Ten flights were cancelled due to operational reasons or poor weather conditions at the destination. The fog...
11:07 AM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: Temperatures continue to remain low across north India. The cold claimed 18 more lives on Tuesday, taking the season's toll to 93. Sixteen more people succumbed to the chill in UP and two more in Punjab as fog enveloped several places hitting road and rail traffic. Delhi was slightly warmer with a minimum temperature of 9 degree Celsius, while Amritsar was reeling at 3 degree Celsius. Jaipur was...
08:26 AM, Dec 22, 2011
Seventy-five people have been killed by cold this year and thousands are at risk. ...
10:40 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Flight operations were largely unaffected at the Indira Gandhi International airport here which witnessed shallow fog this morning. Though some flights were delayed, it was due to poor weather conditions at the destinations. Most of the flights departing from here were largely on schedule, an airport official said. Flights mostly to cities like Lucknow, Port Blair, Kolkata, Patna, Chandigarh were delayed due to poor weather conditions there. Though...
12:35 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Lucknow: Two more persons succumbed to the harsh cold waves in Uttar Pradesh, pushing the state-wide death toll to 28. Dense fog and below normal temperature continued to throw normal life out of gear adversely affecting movement of road and railway traffic in the state. Two persons lost their lives in Pratapgarh district and about 12 were injured in different accidents due to heavy fog in Fatehpur district. According to...
07:40 PM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: A thick fog on Monday thrown off flight schedules off gear and disrupted road and rail traffic at several places in north India, including Delhi, as the cold wave intensified. In UP alone, 26 people died due to cold this season. At least 13 domestic flights have been delayed at Delhi airport alone and several trains are also running late. In Delhi the mercury dipped 3 notches below...
08:06 AM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: Railways have decided to acquire 400 more devices for trains to tackle fog during winter. Northern Railway has already acquired 182 Fog Safe devices. These devices help loco drivers running trains in foggy condition. "It was decided at a meeting chaired by General Manager of Northern Railway to acquire 400 more Fog Safe devices and maintain punctuality in train operation in the coming winter season," said a senior...
12:05 AM, Oct 12, 2011
