How plants evolved to survive cold winters

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 11:41

Researchers studying plants have amassed the largest dated evolutionary tree, using it to show the order in which flowering plants evolved specific strategies, like the seasonal shedding of leaves, to move into areas with cold winters .

Fog hits train traffic in North India

Last Updated: Friday, January 20, 2012, 16:02

Dense fog in many parts of North India on Friday affected rail traffic with 30 trains running late.

Rajasthan reels under severe cold

Last Updated: Friday, January 20, 2012, 15:36

Rajasthan continued to reel under intense cold as Mount Abu, state`s only hill station, experiencing a chilling night at minus 2.2 degrees Celsius.

North India shivers on Christmas

Last Updated: Sunday, December 25, 2011, 21:23

Bone-chilling cold intensified across north India on Sunday providing no respite to people soaked in the yuletide spirit.

Europe, US to see snowy, cold winters: Expert

Last Updated: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 10:53

Europe, N America and E Asia can expect more cold, moist & snowy winters such as the one just passed.

North India gets respite from cold as mercury level rises

Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2010, 18:16

People in most parts of north India got some respite from intense cold with further rise in mercury level on Friday.

Cold wave conditions ease in Himachal`s lower hills

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 21:51

Cold wave conditions eased in the Queen of the Hills and in the lower hills of Himachal Pradesh today even as high-altitude Lahaul-Spiti reeled under sub-zero temperatures.

Srinagar freezes at minus 3.4 degrees Celsius

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 15:05

At minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, this Jammu and Kashmir city experienced the coldest night of the season so far with people Wednesday waking up to frozen taps and slippery icy roads.