Punjab

Heavy rains lash Telangana, normal life crippled

Monsoon withdrawal likely to begin next week: IMD

11:39 pm September 18, 2020

New Delhi: The Southwest Monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from west Rajasthan by the end of next week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. Conditions are likely to become favourable in the next two days for the withdrawal of monsoon. North Indians plains are also witnessing above normal temperatures, it said. “These […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

No relief from sultry weather for Haryana, Punjab

10:11 pm September 18, 2020

Chandigarh: Hot and humid weather continued to prevail in Haryana and Punjab on Friday and the maximum temperatures hovered above normal limits. Hisar was the hottest place in Haryana recording a maximum of 39.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal limits, according to the meteorological department. Narnaul and Bhiwani also experienced hot weather as the […]

Assam to cull 12,000 pigs as African swine fever spreads

Nagaland partially lifts ban on import of pigs

2:00 pm September 17, 2020

Kohima: The Nagaland government has decided to partially lift the ban imposed on the import of pigs, officials said on Thursday. Nagaland imposed the ban on April 28 due to the outbreak of African Swine Fever in neighbouring Assam, they said. In a notification, Chief secretary Temjen Toy said that the ban is partially lifted […]

Max temperatures hover above normal in Pb, Hry

8:13 pm September 12, 2020

Chandigarh: Hot weather conditions prevailed in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday with above normal maximum temperature at many places in the two states, the MeT department said. Chandigarh recorded a day temperature of 35.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, the Meteorological department said. In Haryana, Ambala and Karnal recorded their respective highs at 35.6 […]

Militants open fire at security forces in J-K's Shopian

Army JCO killed in Pak firing along LoC in Rajouri, second within 4 days

11:18 pm September 2, 2020

Jammu: A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed Wednesday in Pakistani firing on forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said. This was second such incident in the past four days. Earlier on August 30, a JCO was killed in Nowshera sector […]