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Pak govt monitoring water flow form Baglihar Dam on daily basis

November 13th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov 13 (ANI): Pakistan Government has reportedly started monitoring the flow of water at Head Marala on a daily basis, to ascertain how and to what extent the construction of ...

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Gujarat district reels under rain fury

September 17th, 2008 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Many parts of Gujarat continued to receive heavy rains Wednesday, and 1,500 people were moved to safe places as Surendranagar district was facing floods, officials said.Lakhtar and Dasada ...

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Job fairs for people displaced by Narmada dams

September 12th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Sep 12 (IANS) A Narmada valley panel will organise job fairs with a view to provide employment to educated youth belonging to families displaced due to construction of various dams in ...

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Army called in for rescue operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab

August 17th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Chandigarh, Aug 17 (ANI): Army has been called in for rescue operations in the flood-affected areas along the Sutlej River in Punjab. Nearly 40 villages near Shahkot Lohian in Jallandhar District ...

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Flood situation grim in Punjab

August 17th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI -
Lohian (Punjab), Aug 17 (ANI): People of Ferozpur district in Punjab are facing a bleak future with the rising river Satluj submerging around 12 villages. Army has been deployed in relief and ...

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Army asked to rescue marooned people in Punjab

August 16th, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Aug 16 (IANS) The Punjab government Saturday sought army help to rescue people marooned in villages in the flood-affected border district of Ferozepur, an official said. Several districts of the state ...

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Heavy rain claims eight lives in Gujarat

August 14th, 2008 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Eight people were killed and at least 6,000 people from low-lying areas were being moved to safer places in south and central Gujarat as heavy downpour continued in ...

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Yeast’s struggle to survive makes wine making possible

August 5th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS -
Sydney, Aug 5 (IANS) Researchers studying yeast discovered that the process that turns grape juice into wine also helps the yeast to survive and obtain essential nutrients from the fruit. They studied ...

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Unfazed by terror, India announces more aid for Afghanistan (Second Lead)

Unfazed by terror, India announces more aid for Afghanistan (Second Lead)

August 4th, 2008 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Terming the July 7 terror attack on the Indian mission in Kabul as “an attack on the friendship between India and Afghanistan", the two countries Monday vowed ...

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Heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh spell gloom for farmers

July 24th, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) The unexpected heavy monsoon in Uttar Pradesh has brought gloom on the faces of the farmers of the state, apart from losses due to floods. "Paddy crops in ...

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Failed Karnataka monsoon leaves Tamil Nadu fields dry

July 13th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Mettur (Tamil Nadu), July 13 (IANS) A 40 percent shortfall in monsoon rains in Cauvery's upstream catchment areas coupled with dwindling storage at the dam here has left officials in a catch-22 ...

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Maharashtra earmarks Rs.3.5 bn for employment schemes

July 10th, 2008 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) With the threat of a severe drought-cum-scarcity looming large, the Maharashtra government got into the act by earmarking Rs.3.5 billon to pay for various Employment Guarantee Schemes (EGS) ...

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91-year-old woman stuck beneath her car for two days after dropping her keys

July 8th, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 8 (ANI): Talk of the bizarre, and this incident would almost assuredly fit the bill. A 91-year-old woman based in the Milwaukee suburb of Greendale in Wisconsin, was stuck under ...

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91-year-old woman stuck beneath her car for two days after dropping her keys

July 8th, 2008 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 8 (ANI): Talk of the bizarre, and this incident would almost assuredly fit the bill.A 91-year-old woman based in the Milwaukee suburb of Greendale in Wisconsin, was stuck under ...

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Kerala to submit report on Mullaperiyar dam to SC

July 7th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by ANI -
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (ANI): Kerala Government will soon present before the Supreme Court, a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi stating the113-year-old Mullaperiyar dam being hydrologically unsafe ...

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Kerala set to face water shortage due to poor monsoon

July 7th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (IANS) Kerala is likely to face severe water shortage since poor monsoon rains this year have led to inadequate storage in dams, Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran said Monday. ...

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After dreadful quake, devastating annual floods stare Sichuan province of China

July 4th, 2008 - 12:15 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , July 3 (ANI): After the dreadful earthquake on May 12 which killed more than 60,000 people, the Sichuan province of China is facing a yet another critical situation ...

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Kerala goverment, opposition argue as state faces power cuts

June 27th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, June 27 (IANS) The Kerala government Friday implemented its decision of cutting electricity supply for 30 minutes everyday even as the opposition accused the administration of having mishandled the situation. Former ...

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West Bengal flood toll rises to 30

June 22nd, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) The toll from floods in West Bengal rose to 30 Sunday with over three million people affected and 150 missing from the affected areas of East and West ...

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Search on for alligators that escaped flooded zoo

June 21st, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, June 21 (IANS) Three alligators that escaped from the Tata Zoological Park in Jamshedpur as floodwaters swept into their enclosure are still at large after three days, authorities said Saturday. "We ...

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Jharkhand blames Orissa for flood, calls out army

June 19th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, June 19 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda Thursday blamed Orissa for opening the gates of dams causing a flood in steel city Jamshedpur even as the army was called out ...

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Torrential rain disrupts life in Jharkhand, army on alert

June 18th, 2008 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, June 18 (IANS) Torrential rain for the last three days has badly affected life in many parts of Jharkhand. Two people died in house collapse incidents. The state government Wednesday asked ...

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He uses hunger, silence to save Ganga from dams

June 14th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, June 14 (IANS) G.D. Agarwal, an environmentalist who has taken a vow of silence and is on a hunger strike in Uttarakhand to object to dams being built on the Ganga, ...

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Strong aftershock destroys 71,000 homes, kills six in China

May 26th, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by admin -
Chengdu (China), May 26 (ANI): A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in China on Sunday, killing at least six people. Nearly a thousand were injured. In Qingchuan, the epicenter ...

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China quake zone braces for rain

May 25th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by admin -
Beijing, May 25 (ANI): China's earthquake zone is bracing itself up for heavy rains, which officials say could hamper further relief efforts. There are concerns that the construction of temporary shelters ...

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Flood risk rises along rivers in quake-hit China

May 15th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Beijing, May 15 (DPA) A south-western Chinese town near the epicentre of Monday's devastating earthquake faced a growing risk of flood Thursday, prompting troops to evacuate as many people as possible while ...

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‘Pakistan faces a famine’

April 25th, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan is "fast" running out of water and power and faces a famine in which the people will go "real hungry" in the not too distant future, a ...

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Jharkhands Palamu district on way to prosperity

April 24th, 2008 - 6:53 pm ICT by admin -
Palamu (Jharkhand), April 24 (ANI): Spread over 5,000 square kilometers of area, and having a population of around 1.6 million, Palamu was once known as the bastion of Naxalism. Many believe ...

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Haryana lays foundation for dam mooted 60 years ago

April 13th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by admin -
Panchkula (Haryana), April 13 (IANS) A crucial dam in Haryana, proposed to be located about 25 km from Chandigarh, got its foundation stone Sunday after the project remained on paper for nearly ...

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Pak will experience water shortage by September, warn officials

March 30th, 2008 - 10:29 am ICT by admin -
Islamabad, Mar.30 (ANI): People in Pakistan will experience water shortage and water supply problems by September this year, as the country's dams only have sufficient water till that time, claimed Water ...

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