Report filed by the Forest and Wildlife Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the news item published in the Hindu, Chennai edition paper dated 30/07/2024 titled "Wayanad landslides live updates: 54 killed, over 100 feared missing in Kerala hill station; relief …
NEW DELHI: The former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) president, H.D. Deve Gowda, has contributed 20 per cent of his one-year salary as MP to the Prime Minister
FINANCE minister and senior West Bengal Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee appears to be undertaking a tight rope walk on aid to mitigate losses suffered on account of cyclone Aila. The senior minister had come under criticism of his Cabinet colleague Mamata Banerjee for extending this financial relief to the state …
July 7: The Lok Sabha was adjourned when members of the BJD and JD(U) raised voices to express concern on the Centre allegedly asking back for relief funds given to Orissa and Bihar governments last year as flood relief grant. After deputy Leader Of Opposition Sushma Swaraj asked a supplementary …
Pawan Bali and Parul Chandra July 6: Clearly with an eye on the coming Assembly elections in Maharashtra, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee offered it significant help, including a task force to help farmers who failed to benefit from the Centre
AHMEDABAD: Her name evokes awe and fear among government officials. She is considered a hard taskmaster and a revolutionary of sorts in her village Khaksar in Tarapur taluka of Anand district. Bhanu Parmar is known for her RTI applications on 2006 floods in Anand district that exposed that the district …
Relief workers from various organisations are having a harrowing time to reach the Aila-hit victims for distribution of relief due to shortage of boats and ferries. Relief workers are reaching Hasnabad and Canning but are unable to go any further to the remote areas of North and South 24-Parganas as …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar on Monday urged various States to work jointly to ensure rapid development of the country. Addressing a large gathering at Shahpur Mushhari village in Sahrsa district of Bihar, where they dedicated to the people of Bihar development …
New Delhi: The Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, on Sunday slammed the Centre saying the State is yet to receive money for rehabilitation of last year
Nearly 200 people have been killed by a cyclone that ripped through Bangladesh and eastern India, while millions remained marooned by floodwater or forced to live in shelters. The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 130 following recovery of dozens of bodies Tuesday, newspapers and private television channels …
Thousands more people in Australia's flood-hit east were told to leave their homes on Saturday as gale-force winds lashed the coast and emergency services said up to 20,000 people had been cut off. One man has died and dozens have been rescued from rising waters after days of rain and …
NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite infrastructure and social sector projects needed to develop the State. Task force Congratulating Dr. Singh on his assuming office , the Chief Minister, in a letter on Saturday, sought his assistance and support in the …
Swelled rivers that have flooded homes to their rooftops and forced more than 260,000 people from their homes in northeastern Brazil will probably take a few more weeks to recede, Brazilian authorities said over the weekend. The intense flooding has paralyzed large swaths of this sweltering tropical region, where schools …
By Abhay Kumar, Minutes after polling was over in the Kosi belt, the Bihar government received a letter from the disaster management division of the Ministry of Home Affairs addressed to the Chief Secretary of Bihar R J M Pillai.The state government was asked to refund Rs 1,000 crore provided …
J P YADAV & SANTOSH SINGH NEW DELHI, PATNA: A day after he took a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar over his handshake with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today telephoned Kumar to
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has promised to provide a grant assistance of $25.6 million to help restore economic activity in parts of Nepal devastated by last year's monsoon floods. More than 300,000 people living in the eastern and far western region of the country were seriously affected by the …
