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Nishikant Dubey slams Congress over 1982 Ganga, Teesta water-sharing MoU with Bangladesh, says 'Bangladesh Zindabad' is its guiding principle"On this very day, May 30, 1982, then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had given renewed consent for the sharing of the Ganga River with a Bang...
India calls out fake videos, rumours about release of water from Farakka Barrage"We have seen media reports of the opening of Farakka barrage gates that will allow the flow of over 11 lakh cusecs of water downstream of ...
Resolution on India-Bhutan Joint River Commission moved in West Bengal assemblyWest Bengal assembly debated a resolution on forming an India-Bhutan Joint River Commission to prevent North Bengal floods. The resolution ...
India, Bangladesh reiterate commitment to free, open, inclusive, secure and rules-based Indo-PacificIndia and Bangladesh have reaffirmed their commitment to a free, open, and rules-based Indo-Pacific region. They will co-lead the Disaster ...
India, Nepal agree to take forward Sapta Kosi high dam projectThe 9th meeting of the Joint Committee on Water Resources (JCWR), co-chaired by Pankaj Kumar, Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Riv...
India eyes defence pact during Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's visitIndia and Bangladesh have sought to create a model for regional cooperation besides reviving several connectivity initiatives over the last...
Bangladesh asks for more flood data from India on Ganga, Brahmaputra, BarakThe matter was recently discussed at a meeting of the Joint River Commission held with Bangladesh. The 38th meeting of the ministerial-leve...
European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels cropsThere has been no significant rainfall for almost two months in Western, Central and Southern Europe. And the dry period is expected to con...
India & Bangladesh agree to expand co-operation in water resourcesThe India-Bangladesh Water Resources Secretary level meeting under the framework of the Joint Rivers Commission on Tuesday among other issu...
Bangladesh happy with outcome of talks between Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi: FM MomenMomen said Bangladesh urged India to hold the long pending ministerial-level Joint River Commission (JRC) meeting to resolve the proposed T...
India and Bangladesh to boost slew of projects at Sep 29 foreign ministers level meetForeign ministers of both the countries will lead their respective delegations in the meeting to be held on September 29 through virtual pl...
Indo-Bangla talks underway on sharing of rivers Teesta, FeniThe Government of India has been in discussion with the Government of Bangladesh to have an agreement on sharing of common rivers.
Government constitutes task force on interlinking of riversThe Task Force will take up all issues for expediting the work on interlinking of rivers. It would also consider alternative plans in place...
Forest diversion proposals for Tipaimukh project denied: Uma BharatiBharati said that Mawphu HEP Stage-II in East Khasi Hills and Myntdu HEP Stage-II in West Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya "have been investigate...
Hopes rise for solution to old Indo-Bangladesh water sharing dispute if BJP comes to powerDespite national level agreement between the two countries to have it resolved, the dispute remained under knots following strong oppositio...
- Restructure Joint Rivers Commission: Indo-Bangla roundtable
The round-table, convened by Strategic Foresight Group over the last two days, was attended by senior diplomats, MPs, former ministers and ...
- Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Power Minister Clement Marak
Meghalaya is in the process of constructing dams on two rivers -- the Mawphu dam across river Umiew and Myntdu dam across river Myntdu.
- India, Nepal agree to strengthen river banks to avoid floods
India and Nepal have agreed to strengthen the embankments of Bagmati, Kamla, Lalbakeya and Khando rivers to control the spilling of flood w...
- Mamata Banerjee calls for Indo-Bhutan river panel
A senior state government official said the chief minister will also urge the Centre to consider erosion as a national issue.
- Pak to approach World Bank over water dispute with India
Pakistan has decided to approach the World Bank to request the appointment of a neutral expert to resolve a dispute with India over the Kis...