JAMMU, July 10: Relentless overnight and early morning rainfall across the Jammu region, particularly in Kathua, Samba, and Jammu districts, caused major destruction to public and private property and claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl in a tragic landslide incident in Poonch district. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Several districts, including Kathua, Samba and Jammu were badly affected as floodwaters washed away roads, entered residential areas, damaged infrastructure, d...Read More
Noida: The district administration has stepped up surveillance around the upcoming Noida International Airport after concessionaire Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) flagged concerns over bird strikes and safety risks linked to illegal constructions and waste dumps.In a recent Airfield Environment Management Committee (AEMC) review meeting, district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma instructed officials to ensure strict cleanliness within a 10-kilometre radius, removal of ga...Read More
Ranchi: A consensus was reached between Bihar and Jharkhand on the long-standing Indrapuri reservoir water sharing dispute at the 27th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council held here at Hotel Radisson. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary and Minister Vijay Chaudhary put forth their views in the meeting. As per the agreement reached between the two states, out of the 7.75 MF water flowing out of Indrapuri reservoir, Bihar will get 5.75 MF and Jharkhand 2 MF Apart from this, West Bengal ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday directed officials to inspect areas that are prone to waterlogging, even on days when there is no rain, officials said. Her meeting came the night after several areas in Delhi became submerged, and social media awash with videos of people wading knee-deep in the collected rainwater. Gupta met PWD Minister Parvesh Singh and officers of PWD and Irrigation and Flood Control Department, and flood management, said an official stat...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday claimed that there was no waterlogging in the national capital following heavy rain in Delhi-NCR from Wednesday night. CM Rekha Gupta said, 'We are solving the backlog of the last 27 years of Delhi one by one. Even after such heavy rains, there was no waterlogging in Delhi.' She added that there was no waterlogging at Minto Bridge, which made headlines in the media every monsoon. 'It was a trend for a picture of a ...Read More
Hyderabad: Former Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao was again admitted to a private hospital here for medical investigations. The 71-year-old leader was admitted to Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, on Thursday on the advice of doctors. He was accompanied by his wife Shobha, nephew and former Minister T. Harish Rao and other family members. KCR, as the BRS chief is popularly known, was admitted to the same hospital on July 3 after preliminary ...Read More
Hyderabad, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao was again admitted to a private hospital here for medical investigations. The 71-year-old leader was admitted to Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, on Thursday on the advice of doctors. He was accompanied by his wife Shobha, nephew and former Minister T. Harish Rao and other family members. KCR, as the BRS chief is popularly known, was admitted to the same hospital on ...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Delhi is experiencing incessant rainfall since Wednesday causing water logging in several areas including Bindapur in Uttam Nagar, where roads are submerged under water. The water logging has made the day to day activities of residents difficult. The rains lashed parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Wednesday, bringing relief from days of intense heat. Waterlogging was witnessed in several parts of Delhi. Traffic also came to a standstill in...Read More
HYDERABAD: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday said that with just '42,000 crore, irrigation water could have been provided to 24 lakh acres from the Godavari river. Instead, under the guise of "Godavari redesign", the BRS government spent Rs 1.45 lakh crore but failed to provide irrigation to even a single additional acre. During a PowerPoint presentation on the river waters issue, he said: "Had the BRS regime completed the Krishna river projects initiated by the earlie...Read More
HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said that the government would persist with its legal, technical and administrative battle for Telangana's rightful share in Krishna river waters. He accused the previous BRS regime of betraying Telangana and compromising on its long-term interests, allowing large-scale water diversion by Andhra Pradesh, engineering failures and financial mismanagement. The minister made two detailed PowerPoint presentations at Praja Bhavan -- one...Read More
HYDERABAD: BRS MLA and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday condemned the "baseless and misleading" statements Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy made during a PowerPoint presentation on irrigation and water rights of Telangana He said that BRS would move a privilege motion in the Assembly and Council for not inviting BRS MLAs for the presentation. Harish blamed the then Congress government's role in agreeing to an unfair 299:512 ratio in Krishna water sharing before bifurcation of...Read More
KENDRAPARA: Farmers of Rajkanika block are up in arms against the Agriculture department, accusing it of supplying them spurious paddy seeds in May. They alleged that despite sowing the seeds in time, the plants failed to flower by July, a stage normally reached within 20 to 25 days of germination. With their hopes dashed, many farmers are now warning of a looming food crisis due to the barren seeds. "I wasted my strength and money on my land because of the spurious seeds. I sowed the seeds su...Read More
BENGALURU: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who also holds the water resources portfolio, on Wednesday said that he has appealed to the Union Government for Rs 11,122.76 crore for six irrigation projects in Karnataka. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, the Deputy Chief Minister said they have sought Rs 804.66 crore for Sonnathi lift irrigation project; Rs 2,660.7 crore for Indi branch canal in Upper Krishna project; Rs 3,000 crore for third stage of Malaprabha canal; Rs 144.42 crore for Gh...Read More
Hyderabad: BRS senior leader T Harish Rao on Wednesday strongly condemned Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's "baseless and misleading" statements regarding irrigation and water rights in Telangana. Harish Rao accused Revanth Reddy and his Congress government of "mortgaging Telangana's rightful share of water resources and attempting to mislead people with fabricated data and staged presentations." Expressing outrage over the Chief Minister's closed-door meeting with Congress legislators at Praja Bh...Read More
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday alleged that former chief minister and BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao mortgaged the interests of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh when it came to utilising waters from Godavari and Krishna rivers. "With regard to Krishna water utilization, KCR betrayed Telangana a thousand times more than the injustice done by the rulers in the erstwhile undivided Andhra Pradesh. The BRS leader should be awarded a punishment of 100 whippings," the Chief Minis...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The World Heritage Committee has removed three African heritage sites -- in Madagascar, Egypt and Libya -- from UNESCO's list of endangered sites, acknowledging successful efforts to mitigate threats and restore their cultural and ecological integrity. The decision was taken on July 9 during the ongoing 47th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Paris, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said in a statement on Wednesday. ...Read More
BENGALURU, India (AP) - Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country´s farms and replenishing its rivers. However, as global heat increases, the rain is becoming more erratic and intense, creating the conditions for deadly floods. Nearly 1,300 people died in India throughout 2024 due to heavy rain and floods. Hundreds of rain-related deaths have already occurred this year in ...Read More
BENGALURU, India (AP) -- Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country's farms and replenishing its rivers. However, as global heat increases, the rain is becoming more erratic and intense, creating the conditions for deadly floods. Nearly 1,300 people died in India throughout 2024 due to heavy rain and floods. Hundreds of rain-related deaths have already occurred this year in...Read More
BENGALURU, India -- Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country's farms and replenishing its rivers. However, as global heat increases, the rain is becoming more erratic and intense, creating the conditions for deadly floods. Nearly 1,300 people died in India throughout 2024 due to heavy rain and floods. Hundreds of rain-related deaths have already occurred this year in the ...Read More
Hyderabad, July 9 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy today extended an open offer to former Chief Minister and BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) to come for a debate on projects and Krishna and Godavari water utilization in the Assembly. Participating in powerpoint presentation on Krishna water and change from Tummidihatti to Medigadda by the previous BRS government and its catastrophic consequences to the state irrigation sector in the Praja Bhavan here, Revanth said that th...Read More
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, July 9: Heavy rains continued to batter large parts of Jammu and Kashmir today, damaging residential structures and local infrastructure, and triggering landslides and flash floods in several vulnerable regions. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp In Poonch district's Ajamabad village of Mandi tehsil, two residential houses were damaged early morning due to a landslide, while in the remote Sazar area of Kishtwar's Padder region, a flash flood caused by downpour in th...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Stressing that Punjab needs more water to cater to its irrigation needs, as most of the state's river resources have dried up, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday sought a share for the state in Indus waters and mooted the idea of Yamuna-Satluj Link (YSL) canal instead of Satluj-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal project. Mann said that the situation was so dire that Punjab had only scant water, which it was providing to food growers, adding that in such a scen...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 9 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, D.K. Shivakumar, who oversees the irrigation portfolio, announced on Wednesday that he has requested funding amounting to Rs 11,122.76 crore for the development of six irrigation projects within the state. Addressing a press conference at Karnataka Bhawan, Shivakumar said, We have appealed to the Centre for Rs 11,122.76 funds for six irrigation projects in the state - Rs 804.66 crore for Sonnathi lift irrigation proje...Read More
Karnataka Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar has sought Rs 11,122.76 crore from the Centre for six irrigation projects. Challenges include delays in fund release and environmental clearances. Projects like Yettinahole, Upper Bhadra, and Mekedatu are in focus, with ongoing discussions with ministers to resolve issues and expedite approvals. In a move to bolster Karnataka's irrigation infrastructure, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced on Wednesday an appeal for Rs 11,122.76 crore from the cen...Read More
Hyderabad, July 9, 2025 - Telangana Irrigation Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has launched a scathing attack on the previous BRS government, accusing it of compromising Telangana's water rights by enabling Andhra Pradesh to illegally divert Krishna River water. He said the Congress government will fight a legal, technical, and administrative battle to restore the state's rightful share and fix the engineering blunders of the past. He pointed out that water diversion by AP skyrocketed from ...Read More
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 9 (ANI): Telangana Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said the Congress government in Telangana would persist with its legal, technical, and administrative battle to reclaim the state rightful share of Krishna river waters. He accused the previous BRS regime of betraying Telangana long-term interests by compromising with Andhra Pradesh, allowing large-scale water diversion, engineering failures, and financial ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday asserted the state has no surplus water for others and demanded its legitimate share in the Indus waters. He also mooted the idea of a Yamuna Satlej Link (YSL) canal instead of the Satlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal. Participating in a meeting held at Shram Shakti Bhawan here on the SYL canal issue, Mann said Punjab has no surplus water to share with others and asserted that a reassessment of the availability of water in...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) Rejecting criticism over financial prudence for presenting supplementary demands of Rs 57,509 crore just three months after presenting the budget, Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said the state's economic position is robust and fiscal parameters are fine. He said the additional funds would primarily be spent on the Centrally-sponsored development schemes, infrastructure projects, and statutory grants, which will contribute to enhancing the state's productive as...Read More
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Jul 9 (PTI) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who holds the irrigation portfolio, on Wednesday said that he has appealed for funds to the tune of Rs 11,122.76 crore for six irrigation projects in the state. Shivakumar met the Union Water Resources Minister, C R Patil, in Delhi. In a statement, Shivakumar said he has requested funds for six irrigation projects, including Rs 804.66 crore for Sonnathi lift irrigation project, Rs 2,660.70 crore for Indi branch ca...Read More
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Jul 9 (PTI) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who holds the irrigation portfolio, on Wednesday said that he has appealed for funds to the tune of Rs 11,122.76 crore for six irrigation projects in the state. Shivakumar met the Union Water Resources Minister, C R Patil, in Delhi. Also Read | Delhi-NCR Rains: Waterlogging and Traffic Disruptions in Several Areas As Sudden Spell of Heavy Rain Batters National Capital; IMD Issues Red Alert (Watch Video). In a sta...Read More