Their bodies were not found Erosion of Ganga river near Botanical garden. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Two 18-year-old college students were allegedly pushed into the Hooghly by two ‘friends’ following an argument at Nawabganj Ghat in Ichhapur, North 24-Parganas, on Tuesday afternoon.Police have detained the two accused, Ashutosh Saha, a resident of Hindmotor, and Kushal…
Guwahati: From a schoolboy clinging to a tree with his mother through the night in his flooded school campus at Nazira to countless families taking refuge on rooftops, the devastating floods sweeping through Assam’s Sivasagar and Charaideo districts have left behind scenes of unprecedented destruction.Triggered by torrential runoff from the hills of neighbouring Nagaland, the…
Patna: With the monsoon season progressing and flood risks persisting in north Bihar, the road construction department (RCD) and disaster management department (DMD) on Thursday reviewed preparedness measures to tackle potential flood and drought situations.RCD secretary Pankaj Kumar Pal directed officials and contractors to ensure protection of roads and bridges under the maintenance policy. Contractors…
The recent torrential rains caused localised flooding and infrastructural disruptions in the city Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to install CCTV cameras to monitor illegal activities like large-scale debris dumping along the riverbeds of Mula and Mutha within the civic limits following repeated complaints.“We have identified 30 chronic spots. New CCTV cameras…
Thiruvananthapuram: State govt has constituted an expert committee to investigate the July 7 landslip at the construction site of the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi twin-tunnel road project in Wayanad. The committee will also inquire into the environmental and forest clearances granted for the project, including the environmental clearances issued by state and central govts and forest clearance granted…
Thiruvananthapuram: State govt has constituted an expert committee to investigate the July 7 landslip at Kalladi in Wayanad. The committee, comprising geologist C P Rajendran, ecologist Vishnudas, chief wildlife warden P Pugazhendi, the secretary of the public works department and secretary of revenue and disaster management department (convener), has been asked to submit its report…
Pune: Thirty families from flood-prone pockets of Aundh were relocated to a nearby municipal school on Monday as Pune Municipal Corporation activated 49 relief centres across the city to support residents affected by heavy rain, waterlogging and flooding.“A large contingent of manpower and machinery has been deployed on the ground to support disaster management operations…
200 personnel would be recruited for disaster response teams, said CM Suvendu Adhikari at an event to felicitate Taratala Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced Rs 200 crore to acquire modern rescue equipment, aimed at a major overhaul of the govt’s disaster response system. He also unveiled a plan to recruit and train…
Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Monday transferred more than Rs 200 crore directly into the bank accounts of over 3.96 lakh farmers under the Agriculture Input Subsidy Scheme, providing relief to cultivators whose rabi 2025-26 crops were damaged by storms, hailstorms and unseasonal rainfall during the third and fourth weeks of March 2026.The assistance was…
Patna: State chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit on Monday asked all district magistrates, SSPs and SPs to ensure 100% licensing of Muharram processions, strengthen peace committees in sensitive areas and strictly enforce restrictions on DJs, provocative songs, communal slogans and loudspeakers.The directions were issued during a review meeting on Muharram preparedness attended by DGP Vinay Kumar…
