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
Dense fog on Monday returned to Delhi affecting the schedule of over 150 flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, including diversions of eight to other cities. Flight operations at the airport came to a standstill for around one-and-half hours, between 5 am and 6:30 am, as the runway visibility was less than 50 metres on both the runways, main (28/10) and third (29/11), airport sources said. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 14, 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 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
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
There was no respite from cold and dense fog for Delhiites on Wednesday as mercury dipped two degrees below normal to stay at 4.8 degree Celsius. A thick blanket of fog accompanied by icy winds left people in the national capital shivering. ...
12:41 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Cold wave has gripped North India claiming more lives and disrupting flight and train schedule. In Uttar Pradesh, where temperature touched a low of 2 degrees Celsius, five more people have died taking the toll to 11 in just three days, while Punjab shivered with a low of 2.8 degrees Celsius, one notch below normal. ...
08:34 AM, Dec 25, 2012
Most parts of the Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, on Friday received fresh snowfall, leading to closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The snowfall began on Thursday evening. ...
10:30 AM, Dec 14, 2012
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the city government to shift temporary night shelters for the homeless and the poor closer to their work places. ...
08:28 AM, Dec 09, 2012
People in remote Kashmir villages struggle severely due to acute power, water and fuel shortage as temperatures plummet below zero degree Celsius. A distraught Mohammad Khaliq and his wife take stock of the massive destruction a fire has caused in their village in south Kashmir in which scores of houses were gutted at a time when freezing temperatures have made life miserable. ...
07:59 AM, Dec 09, 2012
I have always loved what Winterson writes. I have read everything that she has written, including her book for children and her non-fictional pieces as well. To me, she is everything a writer should be, but then again that is purely a personal opinion. I was overjoyed on receiving a copy of her latest, The Daylight Gate and could not stop reading it. Here is something about the book: The...
06:34 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: The national capital is home over 10,000 homeless women, and that's only the official figure. But Delhi has just four permanent shelters that can accommodate only 200 women. And the 72 temporary shelters can accommodate very few women. But even where homeless women can sleep - security issues mean they prefer the open. One of the homeless women said, "Who will take responsibility for us if we are...
09:09 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
New Delhi: The national capital saw the coldest Christmas in six years with the minimum dropping to 2.9 degrees Celsius. The Met department has forecast ground frost in the capital's vicinity and intense morning fog to return later this week. According to the Met department, ground frost might occur over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, north Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh in the next two days. Across North India, the...
08:41 AM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: As the year slowly draws to a close, the mercury continues to plummet. The Met Department has warned that the cold wave in parts of North India will intensify and a dense fog is likely to return in the next 24 hours. The cold claimed nine more lives on Friday taking the toll this winter to a 123. A majority of these deaths were reported in Uttar Pradesh...
09:03 AM, Dec 24, 2011
New Delhi: A handful of Delhi's residents went out of their way to help the poor and the needy. CNN-IBN witnessed the heartwarming scenes as it spent another cold night with the homeless in Delhi. It's turning into a bitter winter and their resources are running short. Many of the homeless in Delhi will struggle to make it through the cold season without help from people like Amit Sinha. Amit's...
08:20 AM, Dec 24, 2011
Rajeev Masand says, 'The Smurfs is likely to make you yawn'. What do you feel? Write your review and win prizes.
11:09 PM, Jul 29, 2011
Cast: Hank Azaria, Katy Perry, Jonathan Winters, Neil Patrick Harris Director: Raja Gosnell Likely to appeal exclusively to the 'Under 8' demographic - and yet harmless enough not to offend parents who will no doubt accompany their kids - 'The Smurfs' is a formulaic, fish-out-of-water adventure featuring the little blue stars of that popular 80s cartoon series. The movie opens in the Smurfs' village, a mystical little hamlet where a...
11:03 PM, Jul 29, 2011
Its been a harsh winter in India - not just the people but animals too. ...
11:02 AM, Jan 30, 2011
Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed due to heavy snowfall and jawans at International border are facing problems. ...
12:43 PM, Jan 14, 2011
