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Emergency action plans updated for 735 of 6,598 specified dams: CentreEmergency action plans are updated for 735 of 6,598 specified dams nationwide. Maharashtra has the most dams, with 65 having updated emerge...
NDRF rescues 67 people from floodwaters in Gujarat's Navsari; operation underwayThe NDRF rescued 67 people, including 25 women and 22 children, from flood-hit Sarikhurad village in Gujarat's Navsari district, with rescu...
Correct this ongoing Himalayan blunderMonsoon 2025 has caused widespread destruction in West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Assam. Landslides and floods have claimed...
The Great Dam Game: As China pushes ahead with a mega dam, India’s counterplan sinks in local resistanceWith China commencing the construction of the world’s largest dam on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, the water chessboard in the East...
Northeast India faces deadly floods and landslides: Over 30 reported dead, Assam and Arunachal among worst hitHeavy rains triggered by a depression over north Bangladesh and Meghalaya caused deadly landslides and floods across five northeastern stat...
Chakmas of Chittagong Hills: 'Indians' on Aug 15, Pakistanis two days later and 'rebels' by Aug 19On August 15, 1947, Chakmas, Tripuris and other tribals, mostly Buddhist, living in the over 13,000 square kilometers of hills and dales in...
Akhil Gogoi first in Assam to win election from jailThe RTI activist, in an attempt to reach out to the people of the state, wrote several open letters from jail, highlighting problems that n...
China's Hydropower Strategy: Threats, challenges and responsesEring added that China’s proposed mammoth hydropower project in Medog county of Tibet will be a great threat to India and negatively impact...
21 killed in landslides in AssamAt least 11 districts in Assam are already suffering from floods. About 1.97 lakh people are affected and there have been nine deaths. Seve...
No let up in floods in East; heavy showers likely in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha on MondayRains also lashed Madhya Pradesh where a 10-year-old boy was swept away in a swollen nullah in Sehore district on Sunday, officials said.
No flood threat now in Arunachal, Assam: China on formation of artificial lake in BrahmaputraIndia and China have established Expert Level Mechanism (ELM) in 2006 to discuss various issues related to trans-border rivers.
Brahmaputra dam not to affect flow to India: ChinaStating that Brahmaputra is rich in water the Chinese Foreign Ministry said "the development of the Chinese side at present is just one per...
Uma Bharti bats for interlinking of rivers to combat floodsIn view of the floods in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Water Resources Minister Bharti urged the two northeastern states to agree for the Mi...
Demonetisation: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal asks RBI and SBI to ensure smooth flow of fundsThe Chief Minister called up the RBI Regional Director and urged him to solve the problem immediately, said a government release here tonig...
Unhappy with Modi government as it took anti-Assam stand: AASUThe AASU that was in the vanguard of a bloody movement that ended with the Assam Accord in 1985 is miffed with the government at the Centre...
Ensure activity in Brahmaputra doesn't harm downstream states: Centre to China"India has urged China to ensure the interests of downstream states are not harmed by any activities in upstream areas," Union Minister of ...
ASI dials Isro to locate 24 'missing' monumentsArchaeological Survey of India (ASI) has signed an MoU with ISRO to locate the untraceable monuments using satellite technology.
Rains wreak havoc in east India; 75 killed due to landslides, floods in Bengal, Manipur, OdishaFifty deaths have been reported in West Bengal, owing to lightning, wall collapse, electrocution, snake bite and drowning.
India faces severe water crisis: Solve major disputes, clean rivers on priorityFrom water-sharing conflicts to failed clean-up attempts to interlinking, India's rivers could do with some farsighted management.
- Crucial meet likely to decide Arunachal dams' fate today
The Prime Minister has called a meeting of a select group of ministers on Thursday to discuss the future of more than 100 hydroelectric pro...