India inching towards water scarcity: Harish Rawat

The proposed integrated check post at the India-Bangladesh border in Petrapole in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has been delayed owing to problems in land acquisition and obtaining clearances. The estimated Rs 200-crore project was, initially, ...

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) reported that three tornadoes touched down west of Dallas-Fort Worth Wednesday evening. According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, the tornadoes affected Montague and Hood counties from the Red River ...

Searing heat across north, west India, mercury to rise ... Heat hits Himachal, mercury shoots up by 7 degrees Mercury soars in Delhi, could cross 45 degrees Celsius Punjab, Haryana reel under intense heat New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Most parts of north ...

The quake hit 42 kilometres (26 miles) west of Agrihan and 395 kilometres north of the main island Saipan. No tsunami warning has been issued.

The police in Darjeeling on Sunday busted an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) ring that had been operating in northern West Bengal and was passing on information on troop movements and army and airforce installations to their co-conspirators in Nepal.

Militants on Monday attacked a team of polio vaccinators in the restive Bajaur tribal region of north-west Pakistan, killing security personnel. The members of the polio vaccination team were unharmed, officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels. The ...

Pre-monsoon heating has started in right earnest over north-west and adjoining Central India, though slightly behind schedule this year. Heating of the landmass is required to set up the temperature and therefore pressure gradient linking Kerala with ...

Various localities in the northwest Delhi today faced long power cuts, ranging from two to five hours, due to a major technical snag in a power transmission line, officials said here.

An agent of a deposit firm committed suicide in North 24-Parganas district, police said Monday while West Bengal continued to grapple with the fallout of the chit fund scam, involving big companies like Saradha Group.