Winter chill intensifies in North India, Kashmir temp drops below freezing

The winter chill intensified in most parts of north India on Wednesday as night temperatures in the Kashmir Valley dipped in most parts to settle below zero degrees, while it inched closer to the......

Cold wave grips north, east India; Srinagar shivers at minus 5.3 degrees C

Cold weather conditions persisted in many parts of north and east India on Tuesday, with minimum temperature in parts of Kashmir dropping several notches below freezing point, and Kanke in......

Haryana records 67.90% voter turnout

Haryana has recorded a voter turnout of 67.90 per cent with Ellenabad assembly seat in Sirsa district witnessing the highest polling percentage at over 80 per cent, according to the updated figures......

Nayab Singh Saini: BJP's surprise pick packs a punch

Months before the Haryana assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party replaced its strongman Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister with low-profile OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini, a decision that......

Monsoon worries: is India ready?

  Labour shortage and threat of deficient monsoon are pushing adoption of farm machinery Vikas Chaudhary, a farmer in Haryana's Karnal district, started using a maize planter in 2012. The......

Paralympics: Nitish-Thulasimathi duo makes winning start

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Thulasimathi Murugesan/Twitter India's Sukant Kadam, Suhas Yathiraj and Tarun notched up contrasting wins in their respective opening men's singles SL4 group matches to......

IPL: Gambhir gets support from Sukma victims' families

IMAGE: Batting legend and TV commentator Sunil Gavaskar and Delhi Daredevils' Gautam Gambhir have a chat before the match against KKR on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Gautam Gambhir may have sat out of......