Central team visits flood-hit Assam for assessing damage
Aug 28, 2020, at 01:22 am
Guwahati/UNI To assess the damages caused by the monsoon floods, a six-member central team is on a three-day visit to Assam.
Puducherry CM sought Rs 200 crore aid from central govt.
Dec 07, 2015, at 06:34 pm
Karaikal, Dec 7 (IBNS) The Puducherry government will ask the central government for a rehabilitation package of Rs. 200 crore, after the union territory suffered extensive damage due to the floods that hit parts of Southern India, according to media reports.
PIB "tweets" PM Modi's photo-shopped picture
Dec 04, 2015, at 06:09 am
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IBNS): A purported photo-shopped image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has triggered a controversy.
6 NDRF teams deployed for Assam flood relief: Singh
Aug 24, 2015, at 05:22 am
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that six teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have already been deployed for rescue work in the flood affected areas of Tinsukia, Lakhmipur, Kokrajhar and Kamrup and one Battalion of NDRF is stationed in the capital city of Guwahati to move into action as and when required without wasting any time.
Assam flood : Over 5.76 lakh affects, hits Kaziranga National Park
Aug 22, 2015, at 02:12 am
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IBNS): Assam flood situation turned grim after flood waters submerged more areas on Friday affecting more than 5.76 lakh people of 19 districts of the state.
Flood alter in Assam after incessant rainfall
Jun 10, 2015, at 06:16 pm
Guwahati, June 10 (IBNS): A flood alert has been issued in Assam after heavy rainfall has affected over 80,000 people in the north eastern state.
JK Assembly witnesses uproar over flood
Apr 01, 2015, at 04:57 pm
Jammu, Apr 1 (IBNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned on Wednesday mornign after the opposition members created ruckus in the house over the government's alleged apathy over flood relief to people, media reports said.
Kashmir on flood alert, people asked to move to safety
Mar 30, 2015, at 05:05 pm
Srinagar, Mar 30 (IBNS): The Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Monday declared flood in the Kashmir Valley, asking people living close to the banks of the Jhelum River to exercise extreme caution and move to safer places.
National Conference leaders unhappy with Modi's Rs. 745 cr relief package
Oct 24, 2014, at 03:48 pm
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of a Rs. 745 crore relief package for the flood-affected Jammu and Kashmir, made the members of the ruling National Conference unhappy, media reports said.
Vice-chancellor beaten up for seeking help for Kashmir flood victims
Sep 16, 2014, at 04:14 pm
Ujjain, Sep 16 (IBNS): The vice-chancellor of a university in Ujjain was allegedly attacked by a section of radical fundamentalist groups for asking students to help the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir, reports said.
All-party meeting in Srinagar to asses flood situation
Sep 13, 2014, at 04:39 pm
Srinagar, Sep 13 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday called an all-party meeting in Srinagar to take a stock of the flood situation across the state, reports said.
PM Modi asks Home Ministry to coordinate rescue operation in Kashmir
Sep 11, 2014, at 03:30 pm
Srinagar, Sep 11 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed the Home Ministry to send senior officers from Delhi and other states to coordinate with local administration over the relief and rescue operations being carried out in flood-affected belts of Kashmir, reports said.
Two NDRF personnel attacked in Srinagar
Sep 10, 2014, at 05:44 pm
Srinagar, Sep 10 (IBNS): Two National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were attacked on Wednesday by angry residents of Srinagar who alleged a delay by the rescue operation teams to many of those stranded in flood-affected belts, reports said.
Sep 06, 2014, at 03:59 pm
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IBNS): Over 100 people died in rain-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the region that is witnessing its worst flood in nearly six decades, reports said.
Toll touches at least 48 in flood-hit UP
Aug 19, 2014, at 04:31 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): The death toll climbed to at least 48 so far with fresh reports of 20 people who died in different flood-related incidents on Monday in a large part of Uttar Pradesh owing to heavy monsoonal rain.