A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district triggered flash floods, damaging houses and disrupting life in the Bathoi area. This inc...

Given the latest news flow from the Gulf region, the probability is high that we might once again see the bulls attempting a comeback. As u...

Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and governments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala regarding a PIL seeking a new dam to replace th...

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday imposed a ban on mining and blasting activities within a 20-km radius of the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS...

It provides for establishing National Dam Safety Authority as a regulatory body to implement the policy, guidelines and standards for prope...

In a response to an affidavit filed by the Kerala government on the Mullaperiyar dam matter, the state of Tamil Nadu has told the apex cour...

On October 28, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar had said that Tamil Nadu and Kerala would abide by water level notified by the expe...

The provisions of the bill is proposed to be applied to all specified dams in the country which have height of more than 15 metres, or betw...

The Tamil Nadu government urged the Centre to keep in abeyance its decision to enact a Dam Safety Bill, recalling it had earlier raised som...

The Bill provides for establishment of National Dam Safety Authority as a regulatory body which shall discharge functions to implement the ...

Central Water Commission had earlier signed MoUs with IIT-Madras and Indian Institute of Science-Bengaluru in January

RSP member said that concern was voiced at an all-party meeting over the findings of the monitoring committee regarding safety of the dam

Oommen Chandy reiterated his government's stand that the 117-year-old structure was not safe and expressed concern over safety of the peopl...

The state's concern had always been the safety of the the people and it was in view of this it took legal and legislative measures, Chandy ...

Going ahead with its crisis management programme for the Mullaperiyar dam, the Kerala govt said it has completed the 'dam-break analysis' a...

Chandy maintained that the safety of the dam was a "concern" for his state and that a new structure was a solution "where both sides win."