Rajnath Singh leaves for Varanasi by road as his chopper could not be refuelled in J'Khand's GarhwaDefence Minister Rajnath Singh had to travel by road from Garhwa, Jharkhand to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh after his helicopter could not be re...
21 Sep, 2024, 08.11 PM IST
Amid floods all around, 11% of India is facing droughtSeveral states in India are experiencing excessive rainfall and floods, while about 10.7% of the country faces severe drought-like conditio...
05 Sep, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
What led to the tragic death of 11 candidates during excise constable recruitment exams?During ongoing physical exams for excise constable recruitment, 11 candidates have died, and many others fell ill due to exhaustion. An inv...
02 Sep, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
Bodies of trainee, instructor found in dam as search continues for missing aircraft in JharkhandThe bodies of a trainee pilot and his instructor were recovered from Jharkhand's Chandil dam after their Cessna 152 aircraft went missing f...
22 Aug, 2024, 05.07 PM IST
Mumbai weather alert: Rains, thundershowers forecast today, three days after Ghatkopar incidentIMD forecasts rain in Mumbai amid a heatwave. A billboard collapse in Ghatkopar claimed more than a dozen lives after rains and strong wind...
16 May, 2024, 08.20 AM IST
Incorporate weather, climate inputs while planning 'one nation, one poll', says IMD chiefThe India Meteorological Department's chief, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, advises considering weather conditions for simultaneous Lok Sabha and st...
07 Apr, 2024, 11.58 AM IST
CRPF scouts for additional helipads in LWE areasThe paramilitary force has deployed close to 40 percent of its total strength (about 1.20 lakh personnel) for anti-Naxal operations in vari...
15 Mar, 2022, 02.18 PM IST
India saw 13 million dangerous lightning strikes last yearThe India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) report on ‘Climate of India during 2020’, released in January, shows that thunderstorms and lig...
20 Jul, 2021, 10.22 AM IST
Over 1,565 deaths due to extreme weather in 2020; Bihar, UP worst affected: IMDBihar lost the maximum number of 379 lives due to flood, thunderstorm, lightning and cold wave, followed by Uttar Pradesh (356), it said in...
04 Jan, 2021, 10.12 PM IST
Intense rainfall likely in north, central and east India during next 5 daysThe IMD said widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are very likely in Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand till...
25 Aug, 2020, 09.56 PM IST
Toll in rain-related incidents mounts to 134 in India, several areas inundated in UP, BiharThe Bihar disaster management department said the state government has urged the air force to send a helicopter for air-dropping of food pa...
30 Sep, 2019, 05.41 PM IST
Jammu & Kashmir registers record 71.28% turnout, Jharkhand records 62%“Polling has gone off absolutely peaceful without any incident. There was not a single incident which vitiates poll process.”
26 Nov, 2014, 01.57 AM IST
Cyclone Hudhud may leave crop insurance claims worth Rs 1,500 crore in its wakeThe two states were hit by a similar storm a year earlier. Cyclone Phailin in 2013 had also cost Rs 1,500 crore to insurers.
14 Oct, 2014, 02.19 PM IST
Meteorologists call for reassessment of definition of "normal rainfall"The monsoon has become so erratic over the years that the weather office is reassessing what the ‘normal’ would be for the vital weather sy...
18 Aug, 2014, 03.00 AM IST
Hunt for top Maoist leader turns disastrous, 200 member team of CRPF ambushedThere are multiple versions on the number of casualties of security-men, with the Jharkhand DGP putting the number at seven CRPF casualties.
09 Jan, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Arjun Munda and others survive a helicopter crash at Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi
It was a close call for Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda who survived a helicopter crash at Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi on Wednesday.
10 May, 2012, 02.39 AM IST
- States dragging feet on job scheme, says study
The UPA govt’s much-hyped NRRGA scheme has run into trouble within 3 months of its launch with several states dragging their feet on implem...
05 Jun, 2006, 12.11 AM IST