After deluge, Chennai faces uphill task of clearing 1L tonnes of trashWith water receding from most areas in Chennai and its suburbs, sanitation and conservancy workers face the mammoth task of removing one la...
08 Dec, 2015, 10.21 PM IST
Chennai floods: Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa announces further sops for rain ravaged districtsJayalalithaa said consumers of electricity need not pay their bills this month and can do so by January 31, 2016 and that no penalty will b...
08 Dec, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
- 300 villagers fall ill, 50 gravely, due to viral fever in Uttar Pradesh
As many as 300 residents of Bawara village of Bhitargaon town in Ghatampur have been admitted to various hospitals due to viral fever, an o...
16 Aug, 2015, 04.30 PM IST
India to dispatch relief material to flood-hit MyanmarAn alumni group of St Stephen's college today wrote to the UGC questioning the veracity of principal Valson Thampu's statement that the com...
05 Aug, 2015, 09.59 PM IST
- No outbreak of diarrhea epidemic in Jammu and Kashmir: Government
"There is no epidemic of diarrheal disease in Jammu Province after the recent floods in the state," Director, Health Services (Jammu) Dr Ba...
04 Oct, 2014, 07.00 PM IST
Centre assures all-out health care assistance to flood-hit Jammu and KashmirThe Union Minister took a detailed review of the health related relief measures and also took stock of essential medicines and other health...
14 Sep, 2014, 05.17 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir wants Centre to rush 300 paramedics to flood-hit stateThe Department of Health Services is making arrangements on a war-footing, issuing advisories, deploying doctors and paramedics across the ...
14 Sep, 2014, 01.42 PM IST
1.5 lakh people still marooned in J&K: Omar AbdullahJ&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said 1.5 lakh people are still marooned after the worst floods in a century devastated the state
13 Sep, 2014, 09.40 PM IST
Centre takes charge of relief operations in Jammu & Kashmir as Omar Abdullah govt goes 'missing'Even though armed forces and NDRF had rescued over 1.1 lakh people by Thursday, there are still over 5 lakh stranded in Srinagar.
12 Sep, 2014, 12.05 PM IST
- Uttarakhand govt seeks more medical officers, specialists
Uttarakhand has made a fresh request to the Union Health Ministry for sending 171 more medical officers and 57 specialists to address healt...
05 Jul, 2013, 06.49 PM IST
Uttarakhand government seeks more medical officers, specialistsThe Uttarakhand government has made a fresh request to the Union Health Ministry for sending 171 more medical officers to government.
05 Jul, 2013, 05.07 PM IST
Uttarakhand: Epidemic looms as people complain of fever, diarrhoeaAuthorities are now suspecting contamination of water resources in the area due to hundreds of decaying bodies spread across the valley.
26 Jun, 2013, 06.22 AM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre, Uttarakhand to step up rescue operationsThe Supreme Court asked the Centre and Uttarakhand government to step up rescue operations to evacuate people caught in flash floods in the...
25 Jun, 2013, 03.18 PM IST
- European Union aid to Assam violence victims, releases over Rs 1.4 crore
Coming to the aid of the people displaced in recent communal clashes in Assam, European Union has released over Rs 1.4 crore for their imme...
03 Oct, 2012, 08.50 PM IST
- Superbug: Delhi govt to distribute free chlorine tablets
Following reports of a superbug in Delhi waters, the city government today decided to distribute chlorine tablets to people free of cost.
13 Apr, 2011, 05.43 PM IST
- Epidemic fear grips Leh as gastro cases begin piling up
Doctors have reported a steady rise in the cases of gastroenteritis due to contaminated drinking water.
12 Aug, 2010, 04.59 AM IST
- Pregnant women in Vellore to get free nutritious food
Pregnant women in Vellore district would be provided nutritious food free of cost, during the last three months of the pregnancy.
10 Nov, 2007, 04.30 PM IST