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- Dozen Punjab villages flooded as Satluj breaches bank
Chandigarh, Sep 6: Nearly a dozen villages in Punjab's Ropar district were flooded as the overflowing Satluj river breached its banks near Laudipur village, officials said today.
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- 35 photographers raise funds for Leh relief
New Delhi, Sep 4: Thirty-five top photographers from across the country have marshalled their camera to raise funds for the Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir that is grappling with the aftermath of....
- Farooq Abdullah gives Rs.50 lakh for Leh relief
New Delhi, Aug 30: Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah today gave Rs.50 lakh from his Member of Parliament Local Area Development fund (MPLAD) for relief work in the flood-r....
- Himachal donates Rs.1.01 crore for Leh victims
Shimla, Aug 27: The Himachal Pradesh government today decided to donate Rs.1.01 crore for rehabilitating people affected by the recent flash floods in Leh and Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir, an of....
- North Bengal low-lying areas flooded
Siliguri, Aug 27: Several low-lying areas of north Bengal in Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts of West Bengal were submerged today following heavy rainfall, which affected 5,000 people and le....
- Yamuna water receding but still above danger mark
New Delhi, Aug 26: Lack of rainfall today brought down the water level of the Yamuna river though it is still flowing above the danger mark.
"The water level has come down by 15 c....
- Rescue work on as floods threaten Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, Aug 26: Work was continuing on war-footing in Haryana and Punjab today to plug fresh breaches in the Satluj and Yamuna rivers and people were evacuated to safer locations from inund....
- Bridge over Yamuna shut amid rising water
New Delhi, Aug 25: A key bridge over the Yamuna linking Delhi with its populous eastern district was shut today as the river waters rose menacingly, causing huge traffic jams.
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- Thousands flee after Punjab floods
Chandigarh, Aug 25: Thousands fled from their homes as the rain-swollen Satluj river flooded 15 villages in Anandpur Sahib in Punjab's Ropar district, inundating vast acres of farmland.
- Patil donates Rs.1 lakh for Ladakh flood victims
New Delhi, Aug 23: President Pratibha Patil today contributed Rs.1 lakh towards the prime minister's national relief fund for the rehabilitation of the victims of the Aug 6 cloudburst in Ja....
- Flood threat looms over Punjab, Haryana towns
Chandigarh, Aug 23: District administrations in Punjab and Haryana today alerted the Indian Army and asked it to remain geared up for rescue operations as the threat of floods loomed large over....
- 50,000 displaced in Assam floods
Guwahati, Aug 21: Heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods in Assam today, displacing at least 50,000 people in the state's Lakhimpur district, officials said. No casualties have been rep....
- Leh floods dip foreign tourist footfalls in Himachal
Manali, Aug 18: The closure of the National Highway-22 due to the flash floods in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir has affected the tourism industry in Himachal Pradesh, with a dip in foreign tourist a....
- PM announces Rs 125 crore relief package for Leh victims
Leh, Aug 17: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today morning arrived in flood-ravaged Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir. PM announced Rs 125 crore relief package for the Leh flood victims and assured t....
- Detailed report sought on Leh cloudburst: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Aug 16: The Jammu and Kashmir government has been asked for a detailed report on the Aug 6 cloudburst in Leh that has claimed at least 183 lives so that the "centre can finalise ....
- Leh rescue: Army, airforce work relentlessly to provide succour
New Delhi/Leh, Aug 16: As people in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir battle to put together their lives ravaged by the Aug 6 flash floods, the Indian armed forces have been working tirelessly....
- Cloudburst flattened the Leh of my memories: Priyanka Chopra
New Delhi, Aug 13: When a cloudburst wreaked havoc in Leh last week, actress Priyanka Chopra watched with alarm for news of a stupa and a market where she had played as a child. And sure enough....
- Leh toll 183, around 200 still missing
Srinagar, Aug 12: The toll in the devastating flash floods caused by the sudden cloudburst in Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region went up today to 183, including five foreigners, ....
- Aamir plans visit to '3 Idiots' school in Leh
New Delhi, Aug 11: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was "shocked" and "distressed" to hear about the damage to the Druk Pema school, also known as Druk White Lotus school, in Leh ....
- PM mourns deaths in Ladakh, Kashmir
New Delhi, Aug 10: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed anguish over the killings in the Kashmir Valley in violent protests and the deaths in flashfloods in Ladakh.
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- German chancellor writes to PM over Leh floods
New Delhi, Aug 10: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, expressing her sadness and concern over the casualties in the devastating flash floods in Leh in....
- Leh toll rises to 165, 81 foreigners rescued
Leh, Aug 10: The toll in the devastating flash floods caused by Friday's cloudburst in Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 165, even as 81 foreign tourists were rescued by the Indian....
- Flash floods: special control room set up for foreigners
New Delhi, Aug 10: India's external affairs ministry has set up a special control room to provide information to relatives of foreigners who may have been affected by the flash floods in an....
- Godavari floods claim 13 lives in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, Aug 9: The incessant rains and floods in Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh during the last four days have claimed 13 lives and damaged standing crops in over 30,000 hectares, an offic....
- 3 JCOs among 26 army personnel missing in Leh
Leh, Aug 9: At least 26 army personnel, including three junior commissioned officers (JCOs), are missing from a border post in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir since Friday's flash floods....
- Despite floods, Haryana looking at achieving paddy targets
Chandigarh, Aug 9: Despite the flash floods which submerged thousands of acres of agricultural land in a few districts last month, Haryana is looking at achieving its targets for paddy producti....
- 85,000 people affected in Orissa floods, minister assures compensation
Berhampur (Orissa), Aug 9: Heavy rains in three south-western districts of Orissa have led to the flash floods that have deeply affected around 85,000 people.
According to the state R....
- At least 20 soldiers at Siachen feared dead
Jammu, Aug 8: At least 20 soldiers deployed near the Siachen glacier in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir are still missing after Friday's devastating flash floods and are feared dead,....
- Over 500 still missing in Leh floods
Srinagar, Aug 8: Over 500 people, including a Spanish tourist, were missing today, two days after a cloudburst caused flash floods in Leh town, leading to widespread destruction and claiming 13....
- Flash floods kill one in Orissa, displace thousands
Bhubaneswar, Aug 6: At least one person was killed and over 10,000 people were displaced as flash floods triggered by torrential rains submerged many homes in three Orissa districts, an officia....
- Monasteries in Leh not damaged in flash floods
Dharamsala, Aug 6: All the monasteries in Buddhist-dominated Leh town in Ladakh region that was hit by flash floods are safe, a Tibetan official said here today.
At least 80 people ha....
- 44 killed, over 300 injured in Leh flash floods
Srinagar, Aug 6: At least 44 people have been killed and over 300 injured in flash floods triggered by a massive cloudburst in Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region, police said tod....
- Flash floods kill 18, injure over 300 in Leh
Srinagar, Aug 6: Flash floods triggered by a massive cloudburst have killed 18 people and injured over 300 in Leh town of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir, police said today.
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- Flood-hit Haryana farmers get relief
Chandigarh, Aug 5: 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 panchayats (village ....
- Floodwaters recede in Haryana district
Chandigarh, Aug 2: The flood situation in Haryana's Yamunanagar district improved gradually today as the water level in various rivulets passing through the region substantially receded, of....
- Rivulets overflow in Haryana's Yamunanagar, villages submerged
Chandigarh,: Nearly 60 villages were inundated and hundreds of acres of agricultural land submerged in floodwaters in Haryana's Yamunanagar district as rivulets flowed above the danger mark....
- 80 districts countrywide hit by floods
New Delhi, July 28: The government today informed the Lok Sabha that 80 districts in the country have been adversely affected by floods.
The government also told the house that flood ....
- Floods in Ferozepur, crops damaged
Chandigarh, July 24: Several acres of agricultural land were inundated and over 75 villages were submerged in flood water in Punjab's Ferozepur district today, an official said.
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- Punjab seeks revision of flood compensation rates
Chandigarh, July 19: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought immediate revision of the compensation rates under the Calamity Relief Fund (CRF) and demanded a minimum relief of Rs....
- Haryana seeks liberal central grant for flood damage
Chandigarh, July 19: Haryana today urged the central government to grant liberal financial assistance and raise the compensation for the flood-affected people, especially farmers, in the state.....
- Sulabh International to help clean flood-hit Ambala in Haryana
Chandigarh, July 16: 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 floo....
- Flood situation grim in Punjab's Mansa district
Chandigarh, July 16: There was no respite from floods in Punjab's Mansa district today with water entering five more villages in the Sardulgarh area. However, the situation improved in othe....
- Punjab, Haryana floods man made disasters: BJP
New Delhi, July 15: Emphasising that preventive measures could have saved Punjab and Haryana regions from the ravage of floods, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged today that the floods we....
- Flood situation grim in Punjab's Mansa district
Chandigarh, July 15: The flood situation remained grim in Punjab's Mansa district although no fresh breach was reported in the Ghaggar river today, an official said.
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- Punjab, Haryana floods: Delhi's fruit, vegetable prices spiral
New Delhi, July 14: Already reeling under the effects of the fuel price hike, Delhiites will now have to shell out extra for buying fruit and vegetables following floods in the neighbouring sta....
- Amarinder blames Haryana's Congress government for floods
Chandigarh, July 14: Former Punjab chief minister and senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh today blamed his party's government in Haryana for "illegally" constructing the Hansi-Bu....
- Rising Indian Ocean levels may worsen flooding in India
Washington, July 14: Rising levels in parts of the Indian Ocean may worsen monsoon flooding in India and Bangladesh.
According to a study led by Weiqing Han, the associate professor i....
- Former Punjab CM blames Haryana for floods in Punjab
Chandigarh, July 14: Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh came down heavily on Haryana for illegally constructing Hansi-Butana link canal. Singh believes that construction of the canal ....
- People flee homes as floodwater enters Bihar villages
Patna, July 14: Thousands of people in Bihar fled their homes today as floodwaters entered over 100 villages and threatened to inundate many others.
Nearly 100 villages in Aurai, Katr....
- Rescue work on in flood-hit Mansa in Punjab
Chandigarh, July 14: Rescue work was on in Punjab's Mansa district today where several acres of agricultural land were inundated and many villages submerged as water overflowed from the Gha....
- Several villages cut off in Punjab's Mansa district
Chandigarh, July 13: Several villages were marooned in Punjab's Mansa district today as the Ghaggar river overflowed its banks, officials said.
"The flood situation in Sardulg....
- Haryana looks for paddy nurseries in flood aftermath
Chandigarh, July 13: Following the substantial damage to agricultural land and freshly planted paddy crop in the Haryana floods, the state government is now looking for nurseries that have read....
- Dozen villages inundated in Haryana floods
Chandigarh, July 13: Large swathes of agriculture land were inundated and nearly a dozen villages submerged in flood waters in Haryana's Sirsa and Fatehabad districts due to breaches in the....
- Punjab assures Haryana of action on canal breaches
Chandigarh, July 12: The Punjab government today assured Haryana that it will take steps to ensure that no cuts are made in the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal which could lead to flooding in Ha....
- Haryana, Punjab in blame game over floods
Chandigarh, July 11: The floods in parts of Punjab and Haryana has led to a spate of angry exchanges between the two states, each accusing the other of causing the flooding on their side.
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- Relief work stepped up in flood-hit Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh, July 10: With no rains in flood-affected areas of Haryana and Punjab in the last two days, authorities have stepped up efforts to provide relief to the marooned people in both stat....
- Water recedes, but thousands still marooned in Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh, July 9: The water level in the flood-affected districts of Haryana and Punjab started to recede today but thousands of marooned people continued to suffer owing to lack of relief fr....
- Flood extensively damages crops in Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh, July 9: Freshly sown paddy crop in thousands of acres of fertile agricultural land has been destroyed in nearly four days of flood fury in some districts of Haryana and Punjab - the....
- Floods wash away Ambala-Hisar highway
Chandigarh, July 9: Heavy rainfall in parts of Haryana and the breaches in rivers and canals caused flooding and damage to a large stretch of the National Highway (NH-65) between Ambala and His....
- Delhi issues flood alert
New Delhi, July 8: With the reports of the water level rising in Yamuna River owing to incessant rains and release of 50, 000 cusecs of water into the river by Haryana, the Delhi Government iss....
- Three electrocuted in flood-hit Ambala
Chandigarh, July 8: Three people were electrocuted in Haryana's flood-hit Ambala district, an official said today. Unofficial sources put the toll at five.
The state government ha....
- Punjab, Haryana trade charges over flooding
Chandigarh, July 7: Even before the water level in flood-affected areas of Haryana and Punjab has receded, both states today blamed each other for the flooding that has left scores of villages ....
- Monsoon chaos returns to Mumbai, disrupts normal life
Mumbai, June 16: Monsoon chaos returned to haunt Mumbaikars once again as heavy rainfall inundated several areas and affected road, rail and air traffic today. Nine people were also killed in r....
- Flood alert in Kashmir Valley
Srinagar, May 29: Incessant rains in the Kashmir Valley have raised the water level in the Jhelum river to the danger mark, prompting the authorities to sound a flood alert. The met department,....
- Cop drowns in Andhra flood while saving woman
Hyderabad, May 21: A brave police constable who jumped into swirling flood waters to save a woman got washed away in the strong currents in coastal Andhra Pradesh. His body was recovered today.....
- Cyclonic storm kills three, damages 1,000 houses in Tripura
Agartala, May 17: At least three people were killed and over 10 injured as a cyclonic storm lashed several parts of Tripura, leaving behind a trail of destruction, officials said today.
- Floods threaten Kashmir Valley after incessant rains
Srinagar, May 6: Low lying areas in the Kashmir Valley faced the prospect of floods today with water levels in all major rivers and streams rising alarmingly following two days of incessant rai....
- Orissa to build 164 cyclone shelters by March 2011
Bhubaneswar, April 30: Orissa has decided to built about 164 new cyclone shelters by March next year as a part of its cyclone and flood risk mitigation measures, an official said on Thursday.
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- 23 killed in Assam thunderstorms, flood inundates Kaziranga Park
Guwahati, April 27: The Assam government today said 23 people were killed and more than 150,000 affected in the thunderstorms that lashed the state over the past 10 days, even as flash floods d....
- 100,000 displaced by floods in Assam, 100 villages hit
Guwahati, April 23: Flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Assam have displaced more than 100,000 people in an estimated 100 villages in Lakhimpur district, officials said today.
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- Assam floods displace 50,000 people
Guwahati, April 22: Heavy rains triggered flash floods in Assam today displacing at least 50,000 people in the state's Lakhimpur district, officials said. No casualties have been reported.
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- Guwahati flooded, troopers deployed to rescue residents
Guwahati, April 20: Authorities today deployed paramilitary troopers to carry out rescue operations in Assam's main city of Guwahati hit by massive flooding, triggered by heavy rains since ....
- Victims of cyclonic storm in east India await relief
New Delhi, April 17: Victims of the devastating cyclonic storm in north Bengal, east Bihar and Assam, which left more than 120 people dead and several thousand homeless, are yet to receive basi....
- Cyclonic storm kills seven, damages 16,000 houses
Agartala/Aizawl: At least seven people were killed and nearly 16,000 houses destroyed as pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms continued to create havoc in Tripura, Mizor....
- Hailstorm damages houses, crops in northeast India
Agartala/Aizawl: Hundreds of houses were destroyed, a large number of trees, electric and telephone posts uprooted and crops heavily damaged in pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong wind and ....
- First wave of floods hit Assam
Guwahati: Heavy rains have triggered flash floods in Assam today, breaching a mud embankment and affecting at least 10 villages in the eastern district of Lakhimpur, officials said.
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- Case against over 3,000 flood victims after violent protest
Patna: A case was today lodged against more than 3,000 flood victims at Birpur in Supaul district of Bihar for violent protests, a day after at least 12 protestors were injured when police open....
- Orissa declares 3,264 villages drought hit
BhubaneswarA: Orissa today declared 3,264 villages in the state's 15 districts as drought hit.
The government has also declared 42 wards under nine municipal areas in the state dr....
- Uttar Pradesh farmers learn to live with floods
Makhnaha (Uttar Pradesh): Forty-year-old Ram Naval was struggling to feed his family of seven a couple of years ago as floods kept ruining his crops. Now he has learnt how to adapt.
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- Oxfam provides hygiene kits to flood survivors
New Delhi: Strengthening its water, sanitation and public health support in flood-affected villages in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Oxfam India has started distributing hygiene kits to the sur....
- Karnataka flood relief turns into political battle
Bangalore: As over a million flood-devastated people in north Karnataka struggle to put their lives back on track, the state's main political parties are locked in a bitter war of words ove....
- Karnataka, Andhra seek more flood aid
Bangalore: Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, two states recently hit by massive floods, may jointly bring pressure on the central government for larger financial assistance for rehabilitation the a....
- Yeddyurappa meets PM, seeks Rs.6,000 cr for flood relief
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa today sought from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over Rs.6,600 crore as immediate relief following the recent flood devastation in the state.....
- A dark Diwali for Karnataka's flood victims
Bangalore: Almost a month back, six-year-old Veena Sundar had an elaborate plan to celebrate Diwali. Today, with no proper roof over her head and surviving on gruel, the festival of lights is a....
- Floods kill 31 in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Flash floods in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh due to release of water upstream from Nepal have left at least 31 people dead in the past four days, a state government official said tod....
- Andhra CM faces ire of flood victims second day running
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah had to face the ire of flood victims for the second successive day today during his visit to the worst-hit areas.
The victims today....
- Karnataka mulls tax to raise flood relief funds
Bangalore: The Karnataka government plans to impose a special tax to raise Rs.1,000-1,500 crore for relief and rehabilitation works in the flood-hit districts of north Karnataka, Chief Minister....
- Andhra flood victims stop Rosaiah's convoy
Hyderabad: Angry over tardy relief operations, flood victims in two towns today stopped the convoy of Chief Minister K. Rosaiah.
A large number of people in the flood-devastated Alamp....
- After flood, it is the fear of epidemic for Andhra
Hyderabad: They have not yet recovered from the horrors of flood and now the fear of epidemic has started to seep in. Four districts of Andhra Pradesh are running high on the probability of ge....
- PM makes aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Andhra
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today once again conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Andhra Pradesh. The prime minister, who spent the night at the Raj Bhavan here, le....
- 750,000 children need help in flood-hit Andhra, Karnataka
New Delhi: Sending out a call for help, international NGO Save the Children estimates that around 750,000 children are in desperate need of clean water, medical care and food in the flood-hit d....
- Infosys co-founders chip in to shelter flood-hit victims
Bangalore: Four co-founders of IT bellwether Infosys Technologies collectively contributed Rs.10 crore to rebuild houses for the victims of flood havoc in north Karnataka recently, a top offici....
- PM to make aerial survey of flood-hit Andhra today
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make an aerial survey of flood-hit districts of Andhra Pradesh today while he will fly over the affected areas in Karnataka the next day after spen....
- Infosys, Biocon to build houses for flood-hit in Karnataka
Bangalore: India's IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd and biotechnology major Biocon Ltd pledged to re-build around 6,000 houses at a cost of Rs.60 crore for the flood-affected people o....
- Loans worth Rs 800 cr provided to Chhattisgarh farmers in Kharif season
Raipur: The officials today confirmed that in the present Kharif season, Chhattisgarh farmers will be provided loans of Rs 800 crore by the district cooperative central banks.
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- Goa floods caused by 'mini tsunami': Minister
Panaji: Goa Science and Technology Minister Churchill Alemao today said the floods that ravaged the southern parts of the state were caused by a 'mini tsunami' in the Arabian Sea.
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- Train services in flood-hit Andhra to be restored in a week
Hyderabad: Train services in the flood-hit areas of Andhra Pradesh will be restored from Oct 15, union Minister of State for Railways H.K. Muniyappa said today.
The minister inspected....
- US announces $100,000 aid for India's flood victims
New Delhi: The US today announced $100,000 aid for the victims of recent floods in parts of southern and western India.
"The heart-breaking personal loss, the destruction of homes....
- Railways to send relief to flood-hit states free of cost
New Delhi: The Indian Railways today said it would transport for free relief material to flood ravaged places in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
"The railway minister (Mamata Banerj....
- Prices are geared up to rise as crucial crops are damaged in floods
New Delhi: The agony of Indian farmers seem to have no end. First their homes were hit by massive flood and now their livelihood. Many crucial crops, onion, sugarcane and horticulture crops ha....
- Funds not a constraint for flood relief: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the loss due to floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh was enormous and the central government was ready to extend more help to the two neighb....
- Breaches in Krishna embankments flood more villages
Hyderabad: The Krishna river breached its embankment today inundating dozens of villages in Krishna and Guntur districts, worsening the century's worst flooding in Andhra Pradesh that has c....
- They could not escape from death
Hyderabad: Two small children accompanied their elders fleeing from their village to save themselves from the surging flood waters, but could not escape death.
A country boat, in whic....
- Telugu physicians in US announce aid for flood relief
Hyderabad: Physicians from Andhra Pradesh practising in North America have announced an aid of $10,000 for relief operations in the flood-hit areas in the state.
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- Uninterrupted supply of petro products to flood-hit states
New Delhi: Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has directed all state oil marketing companies to maintain the supply of petroleum products to the flood affected regions of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh ....
- Bangaloreans unite to help Karnataka's flood victims
Bangalore: At a time when north Karnataka has witnessed large-scale loss of human lives and property due to floods, a motley group of people from state capital Bangalore have come together to p....
- PM, Sonia to visit flood-hit Andhra, Karnataka
Hyderabad/Bangalore: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister P. Chidambaram will visit flood-hit Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on Oct 5 (today) and Oct 6....
- Some respite from rain in flood-hit north Karnataka, toll 170
Bangalore: Flood-hit north Karnataka had some respite from heavy rains and further havoc today even as the death toll mounted to 170, officials said here. The state has, meanwhile, intensified ....
- Use part of film fest budget for flood relief: BJP
Panaji: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Oct 3 demanded that part of the Rs.6.5 crore earmarked for the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here be diverted to fu....
- Kurnool town still under water, Vijayawada threatened
Hyderabad: The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh on Oct 3 remained grim as Kurnool town and over a hundred villages were under water for a second day while Vijayawada city and parts of Krishna ....
- Karnataka rain, flood toll rises to 156
Bangalore: Rain and floods in Karnataka, mainly in northern parts, since Sep 30 have killed 156 people so far, an official statement said on Oct 3.
Bijapur district remained the worst....
- Heavy rain triggers floods in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain for the fifth day today caused flash floods in several districts of Orissa, officials said. Several rivers in Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Koraput, Cuttak and Bhadrak districts....
- Flood situation in Andhra grim, toll rises to 26
Hyderabad: The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh turned more grim today as the death toll rose to 26, hundreds of people were trapped in flood waters and thousands more were rendered homeless.
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- Flood situation grim but slowly improving in West Bengal
Kolkata: The situation in six flood-hit West Bengal districts - which claimed six lives and affected 1.7 million people - was still grim though there were signs of some improvement after the ra....
- After drought, Bihar villages hit by flash floods
Patna: Heavy rains have led to flash floods in nearly 100 villages in the districts of Gaya, Nalanda, Jehanabad and Nawada in Bihar, officials said here today. The areas were drought hit just o....
- After drought, Jharkhand faces flood fury
Ranchi: A month after all the districts of Jharkhand were declared drought affected, many parts of the state are facing the threat of floods, an official said here today.
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- Heavy rain displaces 150,000 in West Bengal
Kolkata: At least 150,000 people have been rendered homeless due to heavy rainfall in a large portion of southern West Bengal, including Sundarbans, in the past three days, an official said tod....
- Make contingency plans to tackle drought: PM to states
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said agriculture had been adversely affected in several parts of the country due to the delayed and deficient monsoon this year and urged state go....
- People return home after Bagmati breach is plugged
Patna: Hundreds of people in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, who fled their homes after the Bagmati river breached an embankment on Saturday, have started to return after it was repaired, state....
- Floodwaters receding in Bihar, but 50,000 still stranded
Patna: Around 50,000 people are still stranded in flood-hit Bihar though the Bagmati river, which breached its embankment and inundated nearly 200 villages in Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur district....
- Bihar flood hits over 200,000, rescue work intensified
Patna: Rescue and relief operations were intensified today in Bihar's Sitamarhi district where thousands have been rendered homeless after the Bagmati river breached its embankment, floodin....
- Thousands homeless in Bihar due to floods
Patna: Thousands of people have been rendered homeless in Bihar's Sitamarhi district after the Bagmati river breached its embankment, flooding nearly 200 villages.
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- Nearly 200 villages flooded in Bihar as river breaches embankment
Patna: At least one woman was drowned as nearly 200 villages were flooded in Bihar's Sitamarhi district after the Bagmati river breached its embankment early today, officials said. Many vil....
- Flood fears return to haunt Bihar
Patna: A record water discharge into the Kosi river from Nepal has revived fears of a repeat of last year's devastating floods in Bihar. The state government has sounded a high alert as the....
- Saurashtra could be hit by 5-metre high tidal waves
Gandhinagar: Tidal waves as high as five metres are likely to hit Gujarat's Saurashtra coast today evening, officials said.
This could worsen the flood situation on the state'....
- Over 3,000 families evacuated from Gujarat's flood-hit areas
Gandhinagar: More than 3,000 families from villages in Gujarat's flood-ravaged Junagadh, Porbander and Jamnagar districts have been shifted to safer places by Army rescue teams since Thursd....
- High tides flood parts of Mumbai
Mumbai: Sea waves measuring up to 5.1 metres lashed Mumbai and other places in the Konkan region, flooding homes of people living in the coastal areas here today afternoon, civic officials said....
- Orissa flash floods toll 36, hundreds rescued
Bhubaneswar: The flash floods that were triggered by heavy monsoon rains continued to play havoc in Orissa with the death toll climbing to 36 today and officials rescuing hundreds of victims. T....
- More heavy rains to hit flood-battered Orissa
Bhubaneswar: More rains were predicted in Orissa today where flash floods triggered by continuous heavy rains for a week have caused the deaths of at least 36 people and displaced thousands.
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- Death toll in Orissa flash floods rises to 27
Bhubaneswar,: The death toll in the Orissa flash floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains over the past week, rose to 27 on Sunday after two more people died in Ganjam district, an official sai....
- Parts of Gujarat face flood fury
Junagadh (Gujarat): Over 850 families in the flood-ravaged parts of Saurashtra region of Gujarat were shifted to safer places today as torrential rains continued to play havoc, officials said.
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- Death toll in Orissa flash floods rises to 23
Bhubaneswar: The toll in flash floods in Orissa, triggered by heavy monsoon rains, rose to 23 today, state Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Surya Narayan Patro said.
While hig....
- Heavy rains hit farming in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Flash floods and heavy monsoon rains which have already killed more than a dozen people over the past four days in Orissa have also hit farming in the state, officials said today.
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- Global animals group to help Bihar save livestock
Patna: As saving human lives is the priority of Bihar, which is annually ravaged by devastating floods, the World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA) has now stepped in to help the state p....
- Orissa flash floods toll 15, thousands hit
Bhubaneswar: At least 15 people have been killed and more than 10,000 affected in Orissa as flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rain have hit several areas, officials said today. "Fifte....
- Death toll in Orissa floods rises to 15
Bhubaneswar: The death toll in flash floods that was triggered by heavy monsoon rains rose to 15 in Orissa today, officials said. The toll, however, could be more than 20, according to non-offi....
- 11 killed in Orissa flash floods
Bhubaneswar: Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 11 people in Orissa over past two days, officials said today although unofficial sources said the toll could be h....
- Bihar asks Nepal to secure Kosi embankments
Patna: Fearing a repeat of last year's devastating floods, the Bihar government has requested Nepal to deploy armed security forces on embankments of the Kosi river to ensure that there is ....
- Mumbai flood control project gets Rs.500 crore
Mumbai: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today allocated Rs.500 crore to the Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drainage Project designed to control floods in the city during monsoon.
The Rs.1....
- One killed, 400,000 displaced in Assam floods
Guwahati: One person was killed and up to 400,000 have been displaced in flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Assam, officials said today.
A government spokesperson said a....
- Floods wreak havoc in Assam, 200,000 displaced
Guwahati: Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Assam have displaced an estimated 200,000 people in the past two days with the state government sounding an alert as more than 300 vil....
- Major rivers in spate in Bihar
Patna: Major rivers in north Bihar, especially the Kosi, Gandak, Budhi and Bagmati, are in spate following heavy rains in their catchment areas and are posing a threat of floods, officials said....
- Bihar fears repeat of devastating floods
Patna: The fear of a repeat of last year's devastating floods is haunting thousands of people in Bihar following a record water discharge into the Kosi river from Nepal that is posing a thr....
- Buddhadeb demands more funds for cyclone relief
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P. Chidambaram here and requested for more funds for relief operations af....
- Buddhadeb rides autorickshaw to cyclone-hit Sundarbans
Hingalganj (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday travelled in an autorickshaw to meet Cyclone Aila victims in remote areas of this North 24 Parganas bloc....
- Weeks after cyclone Aila, civic amenities in disarray
New Delhi: Weeks after cyclone Aila devastated parts of West Bengal and its green lung the Sunderbans, an international aid body today said that hundreds of people are still struggling to avail....
- Central team surveys cyclone-hit Sundarbans
Kolkata: The 11-member central team, which visited West Bengal to take stock of the post Cyclone Aila situation, will submit a detailed report to the central government today.
The tea....
- Aila must be declared national disaster: Left Front
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) today said the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government should declare cyclone Aila, that hit parts of West Bengal coasts on M....
- WB govt admits shortcomings in Aila relief
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today conceded that there were inadequacies in reaching relief to remote areas devastated by Cyclone Aila and said it was considering stepping up efforts to ....
- Cyclone Aila devastates Sundarbans
Gosaba, West Bengal: The aftermath of devastating cyclone Aila that ravaged large parts of the West Bengal delta on May 25 could cause lasting ecological damage to the Sundarbans, the world'....
- Central team starts for cyclone ravaged areas
Kolkata: An 11-member central team, led by Joint Secretary, Home, Ashok Lavasa, set out for the Cyclone Aila-affected areas in North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Darjeeling districts of W....
- Aila damaged solar panels worth Rs.50 crore in Sundarbans
Kolkata: Cyclone Aila that devastated parts of West Bengal last month damaged solar power panels worth Rs.50 crore (Rs.500 million) in the Sundarbans, an official said here on Friday.
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- Buddha pleased with central govt's role in tackling Aila
Kolkata: Expressing satisfaction with the help received from the central government in tackling the aftermath of Cyclone Aila, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacahrjee on Wednesday sa....
- GJM demands relief for cyclone-hit Darjeeling
Kolkata: A seven-member team of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading a movement for a separate Gorkhaland, today met West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and d....
- Hit by Aila, cyclone survivors scoff at Buddhadeb
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was heckled and jeered by the disgruntled survivors of Cyclone Aila on Tuesday when he visited a relief camp in Sunderbans, while a r....
- Buddhadeb urges Sundarbans locals to re-build embankments
Kolkata: Paying a visit to the cyclone-ravaged areas of coastal West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today proposed that residents of various islands in the Sundarbans help rebui....
- Relief efforts not sufficient for Aila victims: Oxfam
New Delhi: Oxfam, a leading humanitarian relief and development agency, has pointed out in an assessment report that the ongoing relief operations are not sufficient to meet the needs of the pe....
- Tripura gives Rs.5 mn to cyclone-hit WB
Agartala: Tripura today decided to give Rs.5 million to cyclone-hit West Bengal to help in the relief efforts.
"The people of Tripura are confident that with the resilience of the....
- Buddhadeb visits cyclone-hit areas, faces protests
Basanti (West Bengal): Visiting the cyclone-affected South 24 Parganas district today, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had to face protests from angry villagers who alleged t....
- Banerjee to send report to centre on cyclone Aila havoc
Kolkata: Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she would send a report to the central government on the havoc wrecked by cyclone Aila in West Bengal based on inputs from her ministers, d....
- Cyclone toll 125, centre to send aid, assessment team
Kolkata: The death toll in the havoc caused by Cyclone Aila rose to 125 on Saturday, while there were reports of enteric diseases breaking out in the worst hit South 24 Parganas district. The e....
- Mamata to report to PM on post-cyclone Aila situation
Kolkata: Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said she would submit a report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the post-cyclone Aila situation in West Bengal.
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- Hundreds of Bengal villages still isolated, Aila toll 117
Kolkata: Hundreds of villages in West Bengal continued to be marooned, with saltwater intrusion destroying crops and rendering vast stretches of land fallow in the Sundarbans area in the afterm....
- Post Aila, Buddha demands Rs.10 bn central aid
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has demanded that the centre declare the havoc caused by Cyclone Aila in the state as a national calamity and has sought an assistance of Rs.10 billion for c....
- One killed as floods hit Assam districts
Guwahati: One person was killed and thousands were affected as flash floods, caused by the release of water from dam reservoirs in China and Bhutan, submerged low lying areas of three districts....
- West Bengal cyclone toll reaches 100, situation grim
Kolkata: The death count in floods triggered by Cyclone Aila reached 100 in West Bengal on Wednesday as the Sunderbans faced a severe drinking water crisis and lack of civic amenities led to pr....
- Darjeeling landslide toll reaches 27
Siliguri: With the recovery of three more bodies, the toll in the landslides in West Bengal's hill district of Darjeeling due to Cyclone Aila has risen to 27, police said today.
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- Mamata to demand central grant for Cyclone victims
Kolkata: Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she will urge Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to give a central grant for those who have suffered property losses in Cyclone Aila.
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- Darjeeling landslide toll mounts to 24
Siliguri: With the recovery of two more bodies, the toll in the landslides triggered by Cyclone Aila in West Bengal's hill district of Darjeeling rose to 24 today, the administration said.
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- After Aila, next cyclone to hit Asia will be called Phyan
New Delhi The name Aila for the fierce cyclone that battered Bangladesh and coastal West Bengal was given by Maldives. The next cyclone to hit countries in the north Indian Ocean region will be....
- Provide aid to cyclone-hit WB: CPI-M urges Delhi
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today asked the central government to urgently provide all necessary assistance to the West Bengal government to carry out relief and reh....
- Relief work begins in cyclone-hit Sundarbans, toll 27
Kolkata: Soldiers of the Indian Army and other relief workers today managed to reach the worst-hit areas of West Bengal's Sundarbans delta where more than 400,000 people were marooned due t....
- PM calls Nitish, discusses only flood relief
New Delhi/Patna: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today, though the two did not discuss politics but use of funds for flood relief - over which the stat....
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