New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Maharashtra government to completely cut water supply to distilleries and breweries in the drought-hit regions of the state. A vacation bench of Justices P
Maharashtra government has declared drought in over 29,000 villages of the state, most of them in parched Marathwada and Vidarbha regions.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka today to discuss and review the drought and water scarcity in the states. The Chief Ministers of these
The Centre has released Rs 9,367 crore to drought-hit states under MGNREGA in 2016-17, Parliament was informed today.
New Delhi: Maharashtra is hit by drought, something which should and is troubling the entire Indian population. The condition has become so bad that many farmers find committing suicide easier than waiting for days to
New Delhi: Expressing its resolve to tackle the situation arising due to drought and deficient rains in various parts of the country, the Centre has ordered immediate allocation of funds to the affected states to
Moved by the plight of drought-hit people in Marathwada region of Maharashtra, students of a school here have pooled in Rs 20 lakh as their contribution towards providing succour.
Jharkhand (Lohardaga): The Congress yesterday accused the Jharkhand government of recommending to the Centre to declare the state as drought-hit without carrying out any survey."The government has neither carried out any survey nor sent a
Lucknow: As many as 50 of the 75 Uttar Pradesh districts have been declared drought-hit, an official said on Thursday.The revenue collections in the affected districts would remain suspended till March 31, 2016, the official
With 32 suicides reported in one week across Maharashtra's south-central region of Marathwada, a deepening drought—worse than the last one of this intensity 43 years ago, say farmers—has taken hold of all but one region
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has said 14 more districts, including Lucknow, are drought-hit. With this, more than two thirds of the state districts have now been declared drought-hit, an official said Tuesday.Officials said the drought in
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday decided to declare 40 districts as drought hit and suspended all revenue realisation in these districts.He also demanded Rs 6,061 crore package from the Centre for dealing
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday announced a Pakistani Rs.1 billion (around $9.82 million) aid package for the drought-affected people of Tharparkar district in the country's Sindh province.Sharif made the announcement during a briefing
Patna: A central team will visit drought-hit Bihar Oct 3 to assess the situation, state government officials said Thursday, adding that after the assessment the quantum of relief would be decided."A central team will visit
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