China exerts tight grip on information after floodsDeadly floods killed hundreds along the China-Nepal border, leaving thousands missing. China tightly controls information, limiting media a...
04 Sep, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Nepal's young PM Balendra Shah faces first major test as deadly floods expose government’s limitsNepal's prime minister faces his first major test after a glacial collapse disaster. This catastrophe killed over one thousand people and l...
02 Sep, 2026, 07.52 AM IST
School assembly news headlines for September 2: Top India, world, sports and business updatesSchool assembly news headlines for September 2: Stay updated with the latest national, international, sports and business developments maki...
01 Sep, 2026, 06.59 PM IST
Congress stands with tribals staging 'satyagraha' against 'Ken-Betwa project', will pressure govt: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi supports tribals protesting the Ken-Betwa river-linking project. He will visit the protest site to pressure the government. Tr...
19 Aug, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
China accused of torturing Tibetan Monk as Dam protest detention leaves him fighting for lifeA Tibetan monk remains in critical condition after opposing a Chinese hydropower project. Rights advocates allege severe torture and abuse ...
05 Aug, 2026, 05.28 PM IST
Arunachal won't rush Siang dam study amid China's Medog projectArunachal Pradesh will not rush the Siang hydropower project's pre-feasibility study. Chief Minister Pema Khandu seeks a balanced approach,...
25 Jul, 2026, 11.21 PM IST
Misinformation being circulated to brainwash villagers against Siang project: Arunachal CM Pema KhanduArunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu addressed misinformation surrounding the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP). He clarified...
20 Dec, 2024, 10.40 AM IST
Centre proposes Siang project to ensure year-round water flow and flood control: Arunachal CM Pema KhanduArunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu addresses concerns over the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project. The project aims to regulate wat...
19 Dec, 2024, 08.59 PM IST
India set to start mega hydropower project near China borderNHPC Ltd will begin trial runs in July for the Subansiri Lower hydropower project, which runs through the states of Assam and Arunachal Pra...
13 Jun, 2023, 11.04 PM IST
India approves $3.9 billion hydropower project near China borderThe government approved the estimated investment of 319 billion rupees ($3.9 billion) for the 2,880-megawatt Dibang project in Arunachal Pr...
28 Feb, 2023, 02.10 PM IST
Chinese firm abandons Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project in PakistanThe hydropower project worth Rs 508 billion saw a sudden halt within three years of its operation, exposing serious differences between Pak...
11 Sep, 2022, 08.08 AM IST
- Petrol bomb hurled at GMR Group's office in Kathmandu
Unidentified men today hurled a petrol bomb at GMR Group's office here amid the ongoing Madhesi stir in Nepal despite India's earlier reque...
05 Jan, 2016, 10.40 PM IST
Ganga has many faces: India needs to repair its rivers while retaining hydropower as a vital part of its energy mixHydropower development in India and South Asia has multiple consequences. Any government – and the Indian system as it were – has to be min...
14 Dec, 2015, 12.08 PM IST
Nawaz Sharif inaugurates hydropower project in Pakistan occupied KashmirPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today inaugurated the $320 million Gulpur hydropower project in PoK which can produce 102 MW of electr...
15 Oct, 2015, 06.27 PM IST
37 hydropower projects in ecologically sensitive Lahaul& SpitiThe Himachal government has allotted 37 hydropower projects with capacity of 2,292 MW in tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti with fragile e...
11 Feb, 2014, 10.59 PM IST
42,000-mw hydropower projects run out of steamProblems in securing long-term funding and high interest rates are also preventing developers from taking up big hydropower projects.
21 Nov, 2012, 11.13 AM IST
- Maoists against hydropower projects under foreign investment
Nepal's Maoists have voiced their opposition to hydropower projects being developed in the country through foreign investment, including fr...
24 Sep, 2010, 03.44 PM IST