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Minimum temperatures drop in J&K, Ladakh; Drass freezes at minus 10.4
Srinagar : Minimum temperatures continued to drop in J&K and Ladakh on Tuesday with Drass town of Kargil district recording minus 10.4 as the night's lowest temperature."Due to clear night sky, minimum temperatures dropped across the…
Untimely Snowfall Damages Apple Orchards In Pulwama, Shopian
Shopian (Mudasir Maqbool) : Untimely Season's First Snowfall in South Kashmir’s Upper hilly area's of Pulwama and Shopian reportedly Damaged Apple trees and fruits plugging the local people into gloom on Satarday. The Local MET…
J&K’s higher reaches receive fresh snow, heavy rain in plains
Srinagar : The higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Saturday, while heavy rain lashed the plains in the union territory.A Met Department official said moderate to heavy rain continued in the plains while Sonamarg,…
48 died, 31 missing in Nepal’s flood and landslides
Kathmandu : At least 48 people have died and 31 others went missing in Nepal's flood and landslides triggered by incessant rains from Sunday, Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs said.Similarly, thousands of farmers across the country have lost…
Kerala floods: 42 dead, six still missing
Thiruvananthapuram : The heavy rains which hit Kerala last week and the consequent floods have left 42 people dead and six people are missing, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday."The IMD prediction is that starting Wednesday…
46 dead, 11 reported missing in U’khand flash floods, landslides
New Delhi : As many as forty six persons have reportedly died and 11 are reported missing in the heavy rains leading to flash floods and landslides in several parts of Uttarakhand.Rescue and relief operations are still awaited in many…
8 dead, 4 missing as heavy rains lash Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram : At least 8 people are dead and five persons are reported missing after heavy rains lashed Kerala since Friday evening.A team of Army officials attached to the Pangode Military camp in the state capital have already left…
Bengal flood situation worsens, army called in 6 districts
Kolkata : Incessant rainfall coupled with the sudden release of water by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has led to a flood-like situation in six districts of West Bengal and the situation was such that the Army and NDRF had to be…
Lightning kills 9 in MP’s Dewas and Agar Malwa
Bhopal : At least nine people were killed due to lightning strikes in Dewas and Agar Malwa districts of Madhya Pradesh. Six people died in Dewas and while three lost their lives in Agar Malwa.Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former…
Bus with 8 passengers washed away in flooded river
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) : A State Transport inter-district bus with at least eight passengers on board was washed away as it was crossing a bridge on a flooded river in Umerkhed, here on Tuesday morning.Apparently ignoring warnings by…