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Five drown as boat capsizes in UP

At least five persons drowned in the river Ganga and 12 others are missing in a boat capsize in Chil...

7 killed, 25 hurt as vehicles fall into Alaknanda

Two pilgrims from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh were today killed and eight others injured when their c...

Two killed, 3 missing as car falls into Alaknanda

Two pilgrims from Ghaziabad in UP were killed and six others injured when a car fell into Alaknanda ...

AP to release 4 tmc ft of Krishna water to Chennai

Chennai could well manage its summer water requirement with ease this year with the city all set to ...

Govt appointed panel contradicts SC committee on Mullaperiyar

Raising concern over location of Mullaperiyar Dam, a panel constituted by govt has said that reservo...

Delhi Metro offered driverless train system

Delhi Metro each day makes 2,400 trips and carries 1.8 million passengers.

Pak Army helicopter crashes in Chenab

The helicopter went missing while it was conducting a training mission in the Wazirabad area of nort...

Syria: Gunmen kidnap three Iranian truck drivers

Many Shi’ite Muslims have been kidnapped in Syria by armed rebels, who accuse Iran of sending its fi...

No recognition for river lifeguard saving 50 lives

River lifeguard Satish Chandra who has saved 50 lives from drowning in the sea in 33 years has not g...

19 years on, water woes continue to haunt Taj city

Nineteen years after many people died in a water tragedy that struck the Taj city, residents of Agra...

Jaya raises another river issue; writes to PM

Taking on Karnataka over yet another river issue, Tamil Nadu chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday a...

Convene Cauvery River Authority meet: Jayalalithaa

Jayalalithaa said the Karnataka govt is not ensuring the flow in Cauvery river during June to Septem...

Jaya asks PM to convene Cauvery River Authority meet

Karnataka has been "unjustly utilising" the water for summer irrigation from February to May by depl...

DTC driver who ran over cyclist, out on probation

A DTC driver, sentenced to two years in jail for mowing down a cyclist nearly 12 years ago, has been...

Ring ceremony onboard Jhelum cruise

The families of the boy and girl, who were engaged on board the cruise, requested that their names a...

No evidence that Brahmaputra had dried up in Arunachal: Govt

Government on Monday dismissed reports that Brahmaputra river in Arunachal Pradesh has dried up and ...

Three persons drown in UP

Three persons, including a father-son duo, drowned in Garra River near Shahjahanpur city, police sai...

Ganges should be saved: Pawan Kumar Bansal

There is an urgent need to save the Ganges, Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said.

West Bengal: One drowns, six missing in boat capsize

One woman drowned and six others, including a two year-old, are reported missing after a country boa...

One more body recovered from ferry mishap site

A total 250 people are feared missing, most of whom are believed to have been washed downstream by B...

Joint Indo-Bangla team to work out bridge plans

A joint team of engineers from India and Bangladesh would work out plans soon to build a bridge on t...

Boat mishap: Assam govt releases list of 35 dead

The Assam government on Friday put the official toll in Monday`s ferry capsize in Brahmaputra river ...

Padmashree awardees to go on fast unto death

Three Padmashree awardees on Friday asked the centre not to close the hydel power projects on river ...

Croc caught in Australia after eating nine dogs

A 4.4-metre crocodile that had eaten up to nine pet dogs has been hauled out of a river in Australia...

Search on as police fears 250 dead in boat tragedy

Bodies of three children were fished out of the Brahmaputra River, taking the toll in the ferry disa...

Compensation for Assam boat tragedy victims

Assam government on Tuesday announced compensation for victims of the boat disaster in Dhubri distri...

Assam boat tragedy: Search underway for missing

Search is underway for over 100 people who went missing after a packed steamer carrying over 300 pas...

Assam boat tragedy: PM assures all help

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the Assam govt of all help for relief and fund for families of...

More than 100 drown in Assam boat capsize

In one of the worst boat tragedies in Assam, 103 people, drowned when a packed steamer carrying over...

Six men drown in Narmada river

Six persons, including five probationary officers of the State Bank of India, drowned in the Narmada...

Driver burnt alive after kid`s death in accident

The driver of a jeep died after he was thrown into his burning vehicle which hit and killed a schoo...

Strategic Brahmaputra bridge to be ready by 2015?

The railways are battling time and resource crunch to complete the country`s longest 4.94 km rail-cu...

Soon, hi-tech cars to aid older drivers

A team of researchers is developing new technology that is aimed at helping older drivers stay on th...

Dr Who’s sonic screwdriver ‘invented’

Scientists claim to have invented their own improved version of Doctor Who’s famous sonic screwdrive...

Rivers could provide energy for half billion people

A new genre of power plants, using only a tenth of the global river flow into the oceans, could meet...

`Time running out for Ganga, states should step up efforts`

PM Manmohan Singh today pulled up state govts for tardy performance on sewage treatment and asked th...

Blueline driver jailed for mowing down woman

A Blueline bus driver has been sentenced to a year in jail for mowing down a woman with his rashly-d...

Swami goes on fast again to save Ganga

Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand has once again gone on fast-unto-death to press for his demand of conservat...

Sea erosion destroys turtle eggs

A large number of eggs of Olive Ridley turtles were destroyed due to sea erosion in the mouth of Rus...

Ahluwalia cautions on inter-linking of rivers

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said before inter-basin transfer of water...

‘Will you give more tip to Sikh drivers?’

South Carolina`s Indian American Governor Nikki Haley has again ruled out a vice presidential run.

China releases 1,200 artificially-bred fish into river

More than 1,200 artificially-bred Chinese fishes were released into the Yangtze river on Sunday to i...

250 ‘fake’ drivers in Delhi Police

Around 250 people selected for 676 vacancies of drivers in Delhi Police last year had submitted fa...

Bihar: 5 policemen suspended for extorting money

Five policemen, including an Assistant Sub Inspector, were suspended for extorting money from truck ...

Water taxis to ply on Jhelum in Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir government will start plying water taxis on Jhelum river from April 15.

Trinamool MLA beats up auto drivers in Kolkata

TMC MLA Paresh Pal was seen beating up several auto drivers after they went on a rampage in Kolkata ...

Oxford University set to launch driverless cars

Oxford University scientists are planning to introduce the first driverless car on Britain’s roads.

Intra-state river interlinking projects favoured

States including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand said they ...

`Tamil Nadu won`t allow Mekedatu dam across Cauver

J Jayalalithaa assured the state Assembly that her govt would not permit neighbouring Karnataka to b...

Russia`s longest river Ob goes shallow

Russia`s longest river Ob in Siberia, which supplies water to such major cities as Barnaul, Novosibi...

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