North India continued to shiver as cold wave intensified after snowfall and heavy rains in many parts. The Jammu-Srinagar highway has been blocked after snowfall continued on Friday. Various areas in the valley are suffering from long power cuts. Avalanche warnings have been issued for several areas. ...
08:20 AM, Jan 19, 2013
As heavy rains and snow continued to lash North India on Friday, the Meteorological department said the weather is expected to continue for the next 24 hours and fog will return. "This weather is likely to continue for the next 24 hrs. Fog condition in Delhi and northern parts will be back from Saturday morning," M Durai Swamy of the MeT department said. ...
01:09 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Delhi witnessed heavy rainfall and a hailstorm on Thursday night. The city, which received light showers during the day, started getting rains at around 11.00 pm. Some parts of Delhi also witnessed hailstorms, bringing the temperature down by a few notches. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 18, 2013
2012 was among the top 10 warmest in the modern global record, two US climate-watching agencies reported on Tuesday, less than a week after 2012 was declared the hottest ever in the contiguous United States. The US space agency NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration jointly issued two reports on 2012 world temperatures. ...
08:00 AM, Jan 16, 2013
1. Kim Jong-un, North Korea In November 2012, Kim confirmed that small incidents against his regime had risen. His orders are to "mercilessly crush every one of them". Scholars say that Kim's popularity has fallen, especially among people in the countryside. While orders have been given to address these citizens, reports suggest they have not been executed. While the uprising is significant enough for Kim to address it publicly, scholars...
04:06 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Google chairman Eric Schmidt's visit was a golden propaganda opportunity for North Korean officials. ...
01:25 PM, Jan 11, 2013
A 21-year-old woman has alleged that she was gangraped by five of her office colleagues. The incident took place in North 24 Parganas on Thursday night while the girl was still at work. ...
10:20 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Temperatures in Delhi climbed a little giving some respite to the Delhiites even as rest of North India continued to battle with severe cold conditions. Uttar Pradesh remained worst affected with 23 more people succumbing to the winter chill, raising the state's death toll to 249. ...
08:27 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Thursday it's up to North Korea to shed its self-imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the Internet and connect with the outside world, or risk remaining way behind other countries. ...
02:09 PM, Jan 10, 2013
A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the richter scale hit Northeast India on Wednesday morning at 7:11 am. The epicentre of the earthquake was the Myanmar-India border region. ...
08:02 AM, Jan 09, 2013
No respite for Delhiites from cold as the national capital is freezing at 3 degrees Celsius. The severe cold conditions have claimed lives of 24 more people in Uttar Pradesh, taking total death toll to over 170. ...
06:58 AM, Jan 08, 2013
The Dal Lake in Kashmir is completely frozen. Poonch has witnessed the lowest recorded temperature in 35 years. And across north India, the weather became bone-chilling. In Chandigarh, the mercury dipped to -2.1, Delhi shivered at 1.9 and Hissar in Haryana was cold at -0.8 degree centigrade. ...
07:26 PM, Jan 07, 2013
With no respite from severe cold waves, North India continues to shiver. Students are also facing a tough time reaching schools early morning. ...
03:04 PM, Jan 07, 2013
The Google chairman wants a first-hand look at North Korea's economy and social media in his private visit Monday to the communist nation, his delegation said, despite misgivings in Washington over the timing of the trip. ...
03:04 PM, Jan 07, 2013
The national capital continued to shiver as cold wave intensified in North India. While the visibility was normal with no fog, minimum temperature in the morning was recorded at 2.4 degree Celsius. ...
09:06 AM, Jan 07, 2013
Indian-Americans in Chicago, led by students of two leading universities, held a protest meet and candlelight vigil in memory of the Delhi braveheart victim and sought change in India's rape laws and strict conviction of the accused to help reduce crime against women. Indian students pursuing graduate studies at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University organised the meet on January 4 to condemn the brutal gangrape of the 23-year-old...
01:17 PM, Jan 06, 2013
North India is still caught in the grip of the harsh cold wave which claimed 11 more lives in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, taking this winter's death toll to 140. ...
06:34 AM, Jan 06, 2013
Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. ...
12:38 PM, Jan 05, 2013
The capital got no respite from the bitter cold as the minimum temperature Saturday settled at 2.9 degrees Celsius - four notches below average. The Met office has forecast a clear day ahead. ...
10:41 AM, Jan 05, 2013
It has been a particularly harsh winter for North India this time. Nearly 22 people have died in the past 24 hours increasing the overall death toll to 129. ...
10:21 AM, Jan 05, 2013
