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SNOW SET TO RETURN AS CHILLY CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK
Heavier rain will spread across the country overnight but it will clear as the day goes on leading to a bright, sunny day by Monday afternoon... READ MORE›
CAPE TOWN SLASHES WATER USE AMID DROUGHT
South Africa Cape Town slashes water use amid drought... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDE: CREWS SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS REMOVING DEBRIS
Long-range forecasts gave the crews about a week before the next chance of rain - and potential new mudslides - although the precipitation was expected to be disorganized and light... READ MORE›
TEMPERATURES SET TO PLUNGE AS 'POLAR LOW' TO BRING SNOW AND ICE THIS WEEK
According to Met Eireann, an area of low pressure, known as a 'polar low' will approach the north of the country... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Gangetic West Bengal
MATADOR DRAGGED AROUND RING AFTER BEING IMPALED ON A BULL'S HORN
The GJM wants a new, separate state of Gorkhaland carved out of eastern West Bengal state, of which Darjeeling is a part... READ MORE›
FLOODS PARALYSE MUMBAI AS INDIA AND REGION ARE HIT BY HEAVIEST RAINS IN YEARS
Although Mumbai is trying to build itself into a global financial hub, parts of the city struggle to cope during annual monsoon rains... READ MORE›
MUMBAI BUILDING COLLAPSES AS MONSOON RAINS WREAK HAVOC
In Bihar, the death toll has reached 514, with people still living in makeshift huts days after the flooding started... READ MORE›
INDIAN WOMEN DIE AFTER MASS STERILISATION AT GOVERNMENT-RUN CAMP
That decade saw aggressive sterilisation campaigns which have stigmatised family planning ever since... READ MORE›
LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS KILL 29 IN INDIA'S BIHAR
Lightning and thunderstorms have killed 29 people and injured dozens of others in India's eastern state of Bihar, disaster management officials said... READ MORE›
CARJACKER DRAGGED DOWN STREET WITH TROUSERS FALLING OFF
The GJM wants a new, separate state of Gorkhaland carved out of eastern West Bengal state, of which Darjeeling is a part... READ MORE›
PARENTS SCALE SCHOOL WALLS TO HELP STUDENTS CHEAT IN EXAM IN INDIA
About 600 high school students in eastern India have been expelled for cheating on the pressure-packed 10th grade examinations this week, education authorities said on Friday... READ MORE›
MAYOR TELLS RESIDENTS NOT EVACUATING FOR HURRICANE HARVEY TO WRITE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THEIR ARMS
The GJM wants a new, separate state of Gorkhaland carved out of eastern West Bengal state, of which Darjeeling is a part... READ MORE›
INDIA JOB SEEKERS MADE TO STRIP FOR ARMY TEST TO STOP CHEATING
The paper quoted a senior army official as saying candidates being asked to strip was an administrative lapse ... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA IS SUFFERING ITS DRIEST SPELL FOR AT LEAST 1,200 YEARS AND IS NOW 100 PER CENT IN DROUGHT
California is suffering its driest spell for at least 1,200 years and is now 100 per cent in drought... READ MORE›
RAT POISON LINKED TO INDIA STERILISATION DEATHS, WITH DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO RISE
Rat poison linked to india sterilisation deaths with death toll expected to rise... READ MORE›
DOZENS FEARED TRAPPED AFTER FATAL KOLKATA FLYOVER COLLAPSE
At least 21 people have died and dozens are feared trapped after a long stretch of a flyover under construction in Kolkata collapsed... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSING MORE EXTREME STORMS
Every part of the continental United States has experienced increased very intense precipitation events... READ MORE›
WHAT AL CAPONE CAN TEACH INDIA ABOUT PROHIBITION
Can India's gigantic prohibition experiment succeed, 80 years after America's failed?... READ MORE›
STATE ELECTION IN INDIA DELIVERS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW TO MODIS POPULARITY
A coalition led by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party BJP won 58 of the 243 seats in the Bihar legislative assembly... READ MORE›
COLD AND SNOW RETURN AS OTTAWA, GATINEAU FIGHT FLOODING
Ottawa weather forecast calls for snow as we fight floods... READ MORE›
INDIAN DROUGHT 'AFFECTING 330 MILLION PEOPLE' AFTER TWO WEAK MONSOONS
We had never recorded such high temperatures in these months in more than 100 years, said PK Mohapatra, the special relief commissioner in Orissa state... READ MORE›
FLORIDA'S BONE DRY AND BURNING WHILE REST OF U.S. IS SOAKING WET
Last year, Hurricane Matthew drenched the coast from Florida to North Carolina with flood-spawning rains... READ MORE›
BANDITS GANG-RAPE ELDERLY NUN IN INDIA DURING ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SCHOOL
Please read our An elderly nun was allegedly gang-raped by a group of men who broke into a Christian missionary school in eastern India... READ MORE›
INDIA DROUGHT: MILLIONS WITHOUT STEADY WATER SUPPLY
The Marathwada region in India's western Maharashtra state is badly affected, reeling under the worst drought in decades... READ MORE›
HINDU GOD ISSUED WITH COURT SUMMONS IN EAST INDIAN STATE
The summons was meant for the temple management and not the god, Hashim Khan, Rohtas deputy development commissioner, said... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF INDIAN TEACHERS QUIT AMID CRACKDOWN ON FAKE QUALIFICATIONS
More than 1,600 teachers in a north Indian state have resigned after a court told all educational staff with fraudulent qualifications to quit or face legal action... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 21 KILLED, MANY TRAPPED IN OVERPASS COLLAPSE IN CALCUTTA
Mamta Banerjee, the top elected official of West Bengal state, confirmed that 15 people died... READ MORE›
FEMALE TOURISTS SHOULD NOT WEAR SKIRTS IN INDIA, SAYS TOURISM MINISTER
Street harassment and violence, sometimes called eve-teasing, is even more common, experienced by 79 percent of Indian women according to a recent survey... READ MORE›
FREEZING RAIN STARTS THE WEEK, THEN GET READY FOR EVERYTHING TO MELT
Ottawa and Gatineau weather forecast calls for freezing rain to start a wet week... READ MORE›
AFTER THE DELUGE, 'SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM' COLD SNAP IS DUE TO SET IN
Motorists have been warned by the AA to drive with extra care and to prepare for sub-zero temperatures at night, with a risk of black ice... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 700 INDIAN STUDENTS EXPELLED FOR CHEATING
Exams held by the Bihar School Examination Board BSEB are viewed as make-or-break tests that could transform the lives of millions growing up in poverty... READ MORE›
GUATEMALA DROUGHT LEAVES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HUNGRY
Thousands of people in southern Guatemala are suffering from a prolonged drought after years of below-average rainfall... READ MORE›
STAMPEDE KILLS 32 AT HINDU FESTIVAL IN INDIA
It happened as people were leaving the Dusshera festival at Patna, the capital of Bihar state in eastern India, on Friday evening... READ MORE›
DIP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT
First encounter with subzero temperatures in a while possible tonight... READ MORE›