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The curse of winter has gone worse than before as the hit of a winter storm thundered with snow along with Arctic cold captivated the northeastern United States on Tuesday. Flinging mud over the potential of people wanted to tour and travel, the bone-cleaving cold has compelled around 3,000 flights to remain grounded and the government has no way left except calling off government units and schools.

The overhype of 2016 surgical strike and politicization of army operations isn't a good thing, said Lt General (retired) D S Hooda, who was the Northern Army Commander when the attack happened. Hooda said too much talk happened on both sides regarding the operation and it was not good.

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat said Sanjay Dutt has offered to lead an anti-drug campaign to be launched by 6 northern states affected by the drug menace. Sanjay had himself suffered much due to drug addiction early in his career and would like to contribute to the campaign, he said

According to the reports, five youngsters drowned yesterday late afternoon in Yamuna River, which is the largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.

A row of aftershocks rocked California's northern coast on Monday following a tremor or earthquake that was measured 6.8 on Richter scale. The shockwaves were felt in the town of Eureka and the stretched region to Oregon and Nevada. So far, no report of damage has been caught in notice.

The blow of chilly winter claimed 11 lives till the date today causing chaos in the US while more than 4,200 international flights to Canada and domestic flights as well were ordered to be halted amid freezing temperatures and poor visibility.

Yesterday, the coast of Chile struck off with a crucial earthquake of magnitude 8.2 that activated a tsunami in northern part of the country.

The Malda violence created more mayhem in people's mind than any other recent incident of communal violence in India. Even after a couple of days since the riots took in place the northern part of B...

A stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh, which started after dawn on Wednesday, has been resolved after high-level talks, reports said on Thursday. The rival armies were engaged in a conflict at the northern bank of Pangong lake, two-thirds of which is controlled by China. It took delegation-level talks to resolve the matter, Army sources told NDTV. Here's more on what happened.

The biting winter sweeping across North India has reportedly claimed the lives of 28 in Uttar Pradesh. Several regions of Himachal Pradesh shivered in sub-zero temperatures as dense fog consumed many northern states. On Saturday morning, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 2.4°C.

Amid escalating tensions between bitter neighbors India and Pakistan, eight airports were shut down until further notice on Wednesday.The airports which are close to Indo-Pak border were shut down. These include airports of Amritsar, Jammu, Srinagar and Leh, Kullu-Manali, Kangra, Shimla, and Pathankot.