Hyderabad reservoirs get good inflows
Hyderabad: After a considerable dry spell, heavy rains in the catchment areas have brought some inflows into Osmansagar and Himayatsagar reservoirs which were on the verge of drying up.
Osmansagar no
Typhoon forces evacuation of 500,000 in China
Beijing: Eastern China was Sunday bracing for torrential downpours from Typhoon Soulik which forced the evacuation of half a million people after killing two in Taiwan.
Soulik lashed coastal Fujian p
Ganga flowing close to danger mark, government on high alert
Kanpur: The water level in the Ganga here is flowing a mere 46-cm below the danger mark, prompting the district administration to issue a high alert for the villages situated on the banks of the rive
Flood fury continues in Assam, nearly one lakh people hit
Guwahati: The rain-fed mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries flowing above the danger level across Assam have hit nearly one lakh people inundating human habitations and farm land in ten districts w
900 still to be evacuated from Badrinath, grim task of pulling out the dead
Dehradun: Fifteen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, 900 stranded pilgrims and locals in Badrinath were on Sunday left to be evacuated and 3,000 people remained missing, as authorities grappled wit
Drones to aid rescue ops in Uttrakhand
Joshimath/New Delhi: As conditions continue to be adverse in flood ravaged Uttarakhand, drones are now helping search teams make a last ditch attempt to find survivors, if any, in the devastated sta
Sonia, Rahul flag off relief material for Uttarakhand
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi today flagged off relief material for the victims of flash floods in Uttarakhand. Top Congress leaders were present at
Rains claim 11 more lives, over 73,000 stranded
New Delhi: Rain fury on Tuesday claimed 11 more lives in the north, taking the toll to 73, even as 71,440 pilgrims bound for the Himalayan shrines remained stranded in monsoon-ravaged Uttarakhand apa
Yamuna at Delhi above danger lever
New Delhi: Keeping in view the rising water level in Yamuna due to incessant rains and release of water by Haryana, the Delhi Government today started evacuating people living in low lying areas alon
Chennaiites irked by hot morning, flooded evening
Chennai: Thursday dawned with sun burning bright and motorists and commuters sweating it out on roads. Soon after noon, skies opened up throughout Chennai ushering in waterlogging and traffic sna