Over 1,700 killed in Karachi in 2012: Report
September 10th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 10 (IANS) A total of 1,725 people, including 78 children, were killed in Pakistan's port city of Karachi in the first eight months of this year, says a ... Read more...
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Goa firms get show cause for pollution
August 8th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 8 (IANS) Top mining companies in Goa have been issued show cause notice by the state government for dumping mining rejects and polluting water bodies.The offending companies include ... Read more...
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Fear of drought haunts Bihar again
July 3rd, 2012 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 3 (IANS) The spectre of drought is looming large over Bihar, something that state officials have acknowledged."If the monsoon fails the state in the first two weeks of July, ... Read more...
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Pumping groundwater may cause rise in sea level: Study
May 9th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Amsterdam, May 9 (IANS) A new study calculates that by 2050, groundwater pumping will cause a global sea level rise of about 0.8 mm per year.Pumping groundwater for irrigation, drinking ... Read more...
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Bangalore stares at water famine - unless projects implemented
April 6th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 6 (IANS) Bangalore's population is growing at the rate of four percent a year, but water availability is going down steadily. The metropolis of nearly nine million needs ... Read more...
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Singapore to invest $595 mn on drainage system
January 31st, 2012 - 8:26 am ICT by IANS
Singapore, Jan 31 (IANS) Singapore has decided to invest 750 million Singapore dollars (US $595 mn) over the next five years to improve its drainage system.Singapore's national water agency ... Read more...
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Mexican oil giant to spend $24 mn to repair pipeline
December 21st, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 21 (IANS/EFE) State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it planned to spend 329.8 million pesos (about $24 million) to repair a pipeline damaged in an ... Read more...
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Good rainfall allays fear of drought in Bihar
August 10th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 10 (IANS) After two consecutive years of drought, thousands of farmers in Bihar are happy. Heavy rains have ended the fear of another drought year.As Bihar recorded a ... Read more...
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Canal water allocation not in judicial domain: Apex court
July 25th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said the decision on releasing water from rivers' canals is in the domain of the government and the judiciary has no ... Read more...
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Planes influence local weather during take-off
July 1st, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) People living close to airports may not only suffer sleepless nights, they could also experience lousy weather.The very presence of aircraft increases the possibility of snow ... Read more...
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No forcible land acquisition - Mayawati’s new deal for farmers (Lead)
June 2nd, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 2 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday tried to placate angry farmers saying that under a new acquisition policy no land would be forcibly taken from ... Read more...
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Pakistan to use over 2,500 km of waterways to ferry goods
May 18th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 18 (IANS) Pakistan, where over 95 percent of freight is carried by road, now plans to use more than 2,500 km of its rivers and canals to transport ... Read more...
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KEC International bags Rs.31 crore order in water business
April 8th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Power transmission major KEC International Friday said it has forayed into the water business and secured a Rs.31 crore order from the Madhya Pradesh water ... Read more...
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World’s smelliest holiday spots are in Mexico, Italy, France
March 8th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 8 (ANI): A survey has revealed the world's smelliest holiday spots and they fall in Mexico, Italy, France, Country Durham, and New Zealand.The survey by travel website Skyscanner.com came up ... Read more...
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Congress slams Chhattisgarh for ’selling’ rivers, dams
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh Tuesday hit out at the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for "selling" rivers and dams to industrial houses."The BJP government in ... Read more...
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Maria Canala confirms Gomez-Bieber romance
February 4th, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 4 (IANS) Actress Selena Gomez's onscreen mother Maria Canala-Barrera has confirmed the teenager's romance with pop star Justin Bieber.Canals-Barrera, who stars alongside Gomez in the TV show "Wizards of Waverly ... Read more...
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Would you buy a book that has only questions in its 164 pages?
November 14th, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 14 (ANI): An academic in America has come up with a book that consists of nothing but questions in its 164 pages.US academic Padgett Powell came up with the book ... Read more...
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Pak calls India’s Kishanganga Dam clear violation of Indus Waters treaty
November 12th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Indus Water Commissioner Jammat Ali Shah has blamed India for violating the Indus Water Treaty by constructing Kishanganga, Nimoo Bazgo and other hydropower projects on rivers Chenab, ... Read more...
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Venice’s gondoliers criticised for singing “culturally deficient” songs
October 5th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 5 (ANI): Gondoliers in Venice have been criticised for ignoring local ballads and for instead singing songs to tourists that are "culturally deficient" and have no relation to the lagoon ... Read more...
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Delhi’s own Venice? It’s sewage and stinks
September 24th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhulika Sonkar
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) North Delhi could well be likened Friday to Italy's Venice where boats ply -- but for the disturbing fact that these parts of the ... Read more...
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Rising lake forces thousands to flee in Pakistan
September 13th, 2010 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 13 (IANS) Thousands of people were forced to leave their homes Monday as a rising lake threatened dozens of villages in southern Pakistan's Sindh province.
The water level of Manchhar ... Read more...
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Delhi flood alert: CM Dikshit appeals people not to panic
September 10th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 10 (ANI): Playing down the imminent flood threat in the region, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday appealed to the people to not to panic, and said the ... Read more...
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Three killed in Gujarat rains
September 9th, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) Three people, including a two-year-old boy, were killed as heavy rains lashed Gujarat Thursday. The weather office here has forecast more rains in the state for next two ... Read more...
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Package to develop Kuttanad launched
September 5th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), Sep 5 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday launched at Mancompu near here the Rs.2,111-crore Kuttanad Package for the development of the region.
Kuttanad, the granary of Kerala, is ... Read more...
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Noida board sanctions funds for Ganga water project
August 31st, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Aug 31 (IANS) The Noida board sanctioned Rs.47.40 crore for the Ganga water project for this city.
In its 169th board meeting held Tuesday, it passed a resolution to build a ... Read more...
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Whole of Jharkhand declared drought-hit
August 16th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 16 (IANS) All the 24 districts of Jharkhand have been declared drought-hit as the state has received less than 50 percent of the normal rainfall, an official said Monday.
Eight more ... Read more...
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10 million flood victims may be shifted to Karachi, Hyderabad
August 16th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug 16(ANI): Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza has said that 10 million flood victims in the province and neighbouring Balochistan would be shifted to Karachi and Hyderabad, if needed."The Sindh ... Read more...
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Flood-hit Haryana farmers get relief
August 5th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) Farmers affected by floods last month in parts of Haryana have been given a waiver by the state government in payment of lease money for land leased from ... Read more...
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Bihar stares at drought again
July 30th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 30 (IANS) Bihar plans to declare more than two dozen districts drought hit soon, with the state already recording a 20 percent rainfall deficit, officials said Friday.
An official in Chief ... Read more...
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Swiss made Truxor machines set to clean Dal Lake
July 22nd, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by ANI
By Parvez ButtSrinagar, July 22 (ANI): The magnificent Dal Lake is all set be cleared of weeds, muck and pollutants with the held of special Swiss made Truxor machines here.Procured at ... Read more...
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Wheat grain worth millions perish due to official apathy in Haryana
July 22nd, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by ANI
By Kanwarjeet Singh VirkSirsa (Haryana), July 22 (ANI): Over 300,000 tonnes of wheat grain lying in various warehouses in Haryana's Sirsa district has either washed away or rotten due to administrative neglect ... Read more...
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Floods continue to ravage Haryana
July 18th, 2010 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Sirsa (Haryana), July 18 (ANI): Alarmed by the worsening flood situation in Haryana's Sirsa District, the local authorities initiated relief and rescue operations to over scores of people affected by the floods.Multiple ... Read more...
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Sulabh International to help clean flood-hit Ambala in Haryana
July 16th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 16 (IANS) Sulabh International, a leading social service organisation, will help the municipal corporation of Ambala city in Haryana to clean up the city in the aftermath of the flooding ... Read more...
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Gator Bites off the Hand of Florida Teen
July 14th, 2010 - 2:42 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to wildlife officials in Florida, an alligator bit off the hand of an 18 year old while he was in the water at a popular swimming area ... Read more...
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10-foot gator bites off Timothy Delano’s hand
July 13th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Naples, July 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wildlife officials in Florida said that a ten-foot alligator has bitten off the hand of a man. The man was swimming in the canal with his friends ... Read more...
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