The peak summer is called 'Nautapa' -- nine days of intense heat -- in Madhya Pradesh. Though the period ended on Monday, the met office refuses to forecast any relief from the scorching heat in the next 48 hours.


Madhya Pradesh stares at grim drought


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There is 60:40 chance of good Kuruvai paddy crop this time and one can wait until July for the Southwest monsoon. However, the farmers are keeping their fingers crossed, according to a senior official of a farmers' association in Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu.


Cauvery farmers keep their fingers crossed for good monsoon


The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) has filed a case against 35 "land mafia" for selling land of a water body to 500 migrants from eastern UP, Bihar and West Bengal and efforts are on to trace the criminals, an official said on Monday.


Case against 35 for grabbing Ghaziabad water body, selling land


In a latest advisory issued on Monday, private weather forecaster Skymet has said that this year the country's southern and central states might witness late and weak monsoon.


Skymet predicts late monsoon in southern, central states


The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Madras High Court order quashing of the land acquisition process for the Chennai-Salem eight-lane expressway project.


SC declines to stay Madras HC order on Chennai-Salem corridor


Amid the rising mercury levels in the national capital, the peak power demand on Monday touched 6,612 megawatt (MW), highest for the season and up by about 3,000 MW from the peak power demand recorded in the city in 2006.


Delhi's peak power demand reaches 6,612 MW; up by 3,000 MW from 2006


Amid soaring temperatures, the peak power demand in Delhi touched 6,560MW on Sunday, the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) reported on Monday.


Delhi's peak power demand touches 6,560MW


Horticulture is a major contributor to the economy of Himachal Pradesh, which can cultivate a wide varieties of fruits and vegetables due to its diverse climate and topography, and measures to expand the sector are on, an official statement said on Sunday.


Measures to expand Himachal's horticulture production on: Minister


A search is underway for seven climbers -- four Britons, two Americans and an Australian -- and their Indian liaison officer, who went missing a week ago during an expedition to the Nanda Devi peak in Uttarakhand, CNN reported on Sunday citing local authorities.


Search on for 8 missing climbers in Nanda Devi


The majestic snow-covered Rohtang Pass, located at an altitude of 13,050 feet in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, was reopened for the tourists on Saturday after six months of closure, officials said.


Rohtang Pass reopens for motorists after six months


Four people, including a two and a half year old boy, were trampled to death by a rampaging elephant in a village outside here on Saturday, an official said.


Four trampled to death by rampaging elephant in Jharkhand


Three white-headed langurs and a lion cub were rescued on Saturday from the northern suburbs of Kolkata by wildlife officials who arrested three smugglers, an official said.


Lion cub among four exotic animals rescued, three held


A prolonged dry spell and abnormally high temperatures these days have set off alarm bells for the forest department in Himachal Pradesh over forest fires causing huge damage to flora and fauna every year.


Dry spell triggers forest fires in Himachal


DLF Builders, JLL security company and eight residents of a high-profile housing society here have been named in an FIR for molestation and cruelty to animals and other charges for allegedly assaulting three other residents, including two women, for feeding stray dogs, police said on Friday.


DLF Builders among 10 booked in molestation, animal cruelty case


A Tata Power subsidiary will build a 100 megawatt (MW) solar project at Raghanesda in Gujarat's Banaskantha district,  the leading integrated power major said on Friday.


Tata Power to build 100 MW solar project in Gujarat


The tannery business in Kanpur is breathing its last.


Dark clouds hover over tannery business in Kanpur (IANS Special)


In a bid to promote a gas-based economy, the new Government may cut customs duty on liquefied natural gas (LNG) to zero per cent from 2.5 per cent, to cut cost of power further and aid city gas distribution (CGD) projects besides boosting fertiliser production, according to official sources.


India's green vision to see full duty exemption on LNG


With the Bimstec leaders gathered in the national capital for Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi's swearing in ceremony on Thursday, the member-nations could benefit from India's rapid renewable energy capacity increase, say experts.


'Bimstec nations could tap India's green energy transition'


With the summer heat pushing the capital's peak power demand to this season's highest of 6,011 MW on Wednesday, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL) said it successfully met the demand of 1,690 MW in its jurisdiction without any network constraint.


Delhi peak power demand crosses 6,000 MW: Tata Power


A German woman who has been running a 'gaushala' here for long says that the government should work to make keeping cows at homes and farms profitable.


Save cows to strengthen agrarian economy: German activist


As temperature rises in the hills of Uttarakhand, forest fires have engulfed 1,960 hectare of jungles, an official report said on Wednesday.

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