Glaciers in the Himalayas are at risk of disappearing by the year 2035, according to Ajit Tyagi, Director General of the Indian Meteorological Department.

A massive international aid effort for devastated Burma was being kept on hold by the country’s secretive ruling military toda

India warned Burma it was going to be hit by cyclone Nargis two days before it made landfall there, an official said today.

A moderate earthquake shook north-western Pakistan and the disputed region of Kashmir, but there were no reports of casualties, seismologists said.

Authorities in southern India told residents in coastal areas to evacuate today, warning that there could be fresh tidal waves.

A series of earthquakes have shaken buildings in the western Indian state of Gujarat, injuring at least 25 people.