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Delhi almost covers monsoon rain-deficit

Monsoon deficiency in June highest since 2015: IMD data

8:18 pm July 1, 2019

New Delhi: Monsoon deficiency in June this year was the highest for the month since 2015, India Meteorological Department data revealed. The month ended with 33 per cent deficiency which translates to around 67 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA). “Monsoon was deficient in June,” said Mritunjay Mohapatra, additional director general, IMD. Several […]

Hot Sunday in Delhi, light rains predicted for Tuesday

11:52 pm June 30, 2019

New Delhi: It was a hot and humid day in Delhi on Sunday as the maximum temperature settled at 42.2 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal. Some parts of Delhi saw a drizzle on Sunday while Narela received rains, Kuldeep Srivastava, Head of Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, said. The national capital recorded a minimum temperature […]

Uttarakhand High Court stays denotification of Shivalik Elephant Reserve

Over 9000 arrested for wildlife poaching between 2012-2018: Env Min

11:18 pm June 30, 2019

New Delhi: Over 9,000 people have been arrested for wildlife poaching across the country during 2012-2018, the Environment Ministry informed the Lok Sabha recently. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar was responding to a query in the Lower House on the number of people apprehended in poaching cases. “As per available records of the Wildlife Crime Control […]

Jaga-Kalia likely to return to Odisha during Rath Jatra

8:16 pm June 29, 2019

Bhubaneswar: The separated conjoined twins, Jaga and Kalia are likely to return to Odisha during Rath Yatra festival next month, an official said Saturday. The twins are under the treatment of a team of sepcialist doctors at AIIMS, New Delhi since their separation in a marathon 12-hour surgery in October 2017. The managing director of […]

Serial killer convicted in 20th murder case

Spurned lover stabs 24-year-old woman multiple times

6:01 pm June 28, 2019

New Delhi: A spurned lover allegedly stabbed a 24-year-old woman multiple times at her residence in the capital’s Chirag Dilli area, police said Friday. The woman, identified as Pinkey was in a relationship with the accused Sunny they said. Pinkey moved into a rented house in Chirag Dilli with her husband and a son recently, […]