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J-K: RR Battalion rescue residents stranded in waterlogged areas
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (J-K),[India] Apr. 6 (ANI): Braving the inclement weather, a (Rashtriya Rifles) Battalion today launched a rescue operation to evacuate locals stranded in the waterlogged areas of Parray Mohalla of Jammu and Kashmir's Panzipora which is prone to flooding.
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Droom crosses 500 cities, becoming India's largest hyper local market
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): In a feat of sorts, Droom, India's pioneering online automobile transactional marketplace today became India's largest hyper local marketplace by bringing a whopping number of 500 cities, under its aegis. The watershed moment came soon after the com
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Trump likens Obama 'wire tapping' to Watergate scandal
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 4 (ANI): Accusing his predecessor Barack Obama of tapping the Trump Tower before the election victory, President Donald Trump likened the action to being as bad as the Watergate scandal.
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'Unhinged' Trump's attacks on press more treacherous than N
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Feb. 19 (ANI): Carl Bernstein, the legendary journalist who helped uncover the Watergate scandal, tore into U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on the media saying that his constants barbs for the press are more treacherous than those of Richard Nixon, the pr
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Advance technology should be used to remove oil from Chennai waters: DMK
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Friday slammed the Ennore port authorities for inadequate method of removing oil from the Chennai shoreline and called for using advance technology to clean the water.
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TN CM writes to PM Modi to stop construction of check dams across Bhavani
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan. 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to direct the Water Resources Ministry to advise the Kerala Government to stop the construction work of check dams across Bhavani River.
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Pak water authority cancels USD 4.5bn contracts with Chinese firm
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in Pakistan has terminated two of its key contracts with a Chinese firm, even before the formal launch of USD 4.5 billion Dasu hydropower project, citing 'fundamental breaches' of the agreement.
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CPI slams PM Modi for invoking Indus Water dispute 'casually'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 26 (ANI): Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for stating that the waters of the Indus River belong to India and cannot be allowed to go to Pakistan, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Saturday said the former should not raise the issue of water sha
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How can Punjab provide water when it is depleted: K T S Tulsi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 12 (ANI): Senior advocate K T S Tulsi on Saturday expressed his disappointment over the Supreme Court's order to terminate the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water sharing agreement and said if the water in Punjab is already depleted, how will they be able to giv
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K'taka govt. should take the team seriously: BJP on team for Cauvery
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hailed the arrival of the team appointed by the Centre to study the ground reality in the Cauvery river basin here in a bid to address the water-sharing dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and said the state g
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Karnataka population won't allow release of Cauvery water: JD (S)
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 2 (ANI): Stating that the verdict of the Cauvery Tribunal Award is against Karnataka and not based on information, the Janata Dal (Secular) on Sunday asserted that the people of the state and the political parties won't allow the waters from the Cauvery river to
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Will go on hunger strike if tension prevails between Karnataka and TN: Uma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said that if the tension between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka prevailed with regard to the sharing of the water of the River Cauvery, she would sit on hunger strike on the border of that separates the two st
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