Nagpur, Aug 29 (IANS) A big cat family comprising a mother leopard and her two cubs were electrocuted by live wires laid to kill wild boars in the forests of Maharashtra's Gondia district, officials said here on Tuesday.
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) At least seven people are killed and several others injured following a massive blast at an illegal firecracker factory at Duttapukur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.
Imphal, Aug 26 (IANS) A vital one day session of the Manipur assembly, which is expected to discuss the prevailing ethnic situation in the state, will be held on Tuesday.
Aizawl, Aug 23 (IANS) At least 17 workers were killed on Wednesday after an under-construction railway bridge collapsed near Sairang area of Mizoram, officials said.
Chennai, Aug 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written a letter to the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister on Tuesday expressing solidarity with the people of that state who are suffering from natural calamities.
Los Angeles, Aug 21 (IANS) Tropical Storm Hilary has made landfall in southern California, where at least nine million people are under flash-flood warnings.
Ahmedabad, Aug 20 (IANS) As the nation grapples with the repercussions of increasingly erratic weather patterns, Gujarat finds itself at the forefront of this meteorological upheaval.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The recent heavy rains in Uttarakhand, which resulted in multiple deaths and significant damage to infrastructure, can be attributed to the northward movement of the monsoon trough and its interaction with a weak western disturbance.
Rome, Aug 19 (IANS) Intense heatwaves and extreme weather that gripped Italy for most part of this year will cost farmers at least 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion), according to estimates from the country's main agricultural union.
Honolulu, Aug 18 (IANS) As the death toll from the Hawaii wildfires is still on the rise, the debate has got heated around whether sirens could have made a difference against the deadliest fires in modern US history.
