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Council meet discusses river interlinking, MSP issues

Last Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 22:01

Interlinking of rivers, procurement of agri-product in MSP are a host of issues discussed at the Northern Zonal Council meeting held here Saturday.

Joan Rivers hopes Jennifer Lawrence grows up in New Year

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 09:14

Joan Rivers wants actress Jennifer Lawrence to be more mature and calm down.

India gives Nepal Rs 374 million to control floods

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:31

India on Monday handed over Rs 374.68 million to Nepal to build embankments on three border rivers to control floods affecting both neighbours.

India, China ink agreement on trans-border rivers

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 20:05

India and China Wednesday signed a new agreement to strengthen cooperation on trans-border rivers that is aimed at allaying India`s concerns over new dams on the Brahmaputra and facilitating the exchange of flood data.

NGT ultimatum for UP govt, DDA on structures on river banks

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 19:39

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Uttar Pradesh government were Wednesday given a "last opportunity" by NGT to place before it their policies regarding the floodplains of the Yamuna and Hindon rivers.

India, China ink agreement on trans-border rivers

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 17:23

India and China on Wednesday signed a new agreement to strengthen cooperation on trans-border rivers that is aimed at allaying India`s concerns over new dams on the Brahmaputra and facilitating the exchange of flood data.

Yamuna`s plight highlighted on World Rivers Day

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 15:53

Green activists Sunday walked along the Yamuna to the Taj Corridor to highlight the plight of the river burdened by human waste and industrial pollutants.

NGT warning to authorities on construction on Yamuna, Hindon banks

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 21:21

On May 20, the NGT had ordered demolition of all illegal and unauthorised structures in the flood plains of the Yamuna and the Hindon in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

UP flood situation remains grim, toll reaches 280

Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 19:06

Over 17 lakh people have been hit by the floods in Uttar Pradesh, where the situation continued to remain grim with the swollen rivers inundating thousands of villages and the death toll climbing to 280.

Over five million people hit by Bihar floods

Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 17:05

There was no let up in the fury of floods in over a dozen Bihar districts Sunday with major swollen rivers, including the Ganga, affecting more than five million people, officials said.

Flood situation worsens in Bihar

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 00:24

Flood situation in Bihar worsened Thursday with major rivers in spate following heavy rains over the past 24 hours, officials said.

Tibet to launch huge afforestation project

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 21:56

Tibet is planning to invest $4.8 billion in an afforestation project to cover six major rivers in the region, a forestry official said Thursday.