What lessons have we learnt about disaster management after the Uttarakhand tragedy? And what steps are we taking to improve disaster management hereafter? CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar discusses the issue with a panel of experts. ...
10:41 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Amit Bansal, CEO and co-founder of PurpleLeap, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on how to plan a career in management. Q. They say Management is 90 percent leadership and 10 percent technical skills. can leadership be acquired? Asked by: sundar1950in A. It is true that most of the management is beyond the use of tools (technical skills). However, there is quite a misconception on the concept of leadership. When...
06:52 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Ahmedabad: Just a few weeks ago several districts of Gujarat were reeling under the affect of drought and facing severe water crisis. But with heavy monsoon rains they are now facing the threat of floods. Nine people have died due to cloud burst in Saurashtra and many villages have been completely cut off from other parts of the state. Dams are now full of water while many bridges have broken...
12:41 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Goregaon: A 3-year-old girl was run over and killed in Goregaon by a car allegedly being driven by a teenager. The incident took place on Monday night at suburban Goregaon near Hypercity mall. The minor, identified as Lado Gupta, was run over allegedly by the vehicle of Raunak Desai. 19-year-old Raunak, son of former Mumbai corporator Sameer Desai and a relative of Congress leader Gurudas Kamat, was allegedly behind the...
08:45 AM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Monsoons rains, arriving a month earlier than normal, have covered entire India. The heavy rains in Delhi and adjoining areas have seen the water level in the Yamuna River rising drastically and there is danger of the river overflowing the banks and flooding the low-lying areas. So far eight lakh cusec of water has been released from Hathanikund barrage in Yamunanagar in Haryana. The water will reach Delhi...
03:00 PM, Jun 17, 2013
In Haryana's Yamunanagar, all the 52 locals stranded, since Sunday, have been rescued at 10.30 am on Monday. Army and NDRF teams led the rescue operation on boat. So far 4 lakh cusecs of water has been released from Hathnikund barrage by the Haryana government. MET department said rains will continue for the next 48 hours. ...
01:32 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: The monsoon fury has taken its toll across North India. While thirteen people have died in Uttarakhand floods, in Haryana's Yamunanagar, dozens have been stranded after a sudden rise in water levels. Yamunanagar has been taken by surprise by heavy rains. More than 50 people are stranded after a sudden rise in the water level of the Yamuna river near the Lapara village. Army and NDRF teams have...
08:43 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Ahmedabad: A student has been nabbed from Gurgaon for threatening Jagrupsinh Rajput, the BJP MLA from Bapunagar in Ahmedabad, the police said in Ahmedabad on Sunday. "Mahesh Ambare was arrested from Gurgaon on Saturday. He is a second-year student, originally hailing from Karnataka. He seems to be mentally disturbed and Rajput does not want to go ahead with the case against him," Odhav police inspector MS Sheikh said. "He had...
02:01 AM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Two persons were arrested on Sunday for allegedly making fake driving licenses and birth certificates in north-west Delhi. Additional Commissioner of Police (crime) Ravindra Yadav said Babu Ram, 29, and Ram Singh, 37 were arrested on a tip-off that they along with others were indulged in selling fake driving license and birth certificates. The duo were arrested from Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar on Friday, police said. The police...
01:45 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Chandigarh: Rescue operations were on late on Sunday to save 52 villagers marooned on an island in the flooded Yamuna river, state government officials said in Chandigarh. Indian Air Force helicopters have been pressed into service and the army was on standby to rescue at least 52 residents, including 15 children, of village Lapra in Yamunanagar district, 110 km from Chandigarh. They have been stranded on an island in the...
12:23 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Mumbai: Incessant rains have lashed many parts of Maharashtra. Mumbai, Pune and Satara have witnessed heavy downpour in the last few days. In Mumbai, apart from routine water-logging due to 10-12 mm of rainfall at Hindmata, Versova and Sion, residents also witnessed choked drains and potholes on the roads. Train services could be delayed later in the day. However, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's disaster management has claimed traffic is in a...
10:59 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Guwahati: Accepting that waste management by civic authorities of the city is not up-to-the-mark, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said "increase of waste is a sign of prosperity and high standard of living". Addressing a press conference here to express his optimism about Congress victory in the forthcoming Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) election next week, he said the authorities have done well under his party's leadership. "Increase of...
12:45 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Kashmir: The Amarnath Yatra beginning on June 28 is under threat from Pakistan terrorists. Intelligence sources and the Army have observed the increased militant attempts to penetrate the counter insurgency grid in South Kashmir's Anantnag area. In the last one month, seven terrorists were intercepted and killed in Anantnag but the sources admitted that some of the terrorists have got through and may have merged with the local population. Intensified ...
01:53 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Kashmir: The Amarnath Yatra beginning on June 28 is under threat from Pakistan terrorists. Intelligence sources and the Army have observed the increased militant attempts to penetrate the counter insurgency grid in South Kashmir's Anantnag area. In the last one month, seven terrorists were intercepted and killed in Anantnag but the sources admitted that some of the terrorists have got through and may have merged with the local population. Intensified...
01:53 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday announced that the state government would soon approach the Supreme Court with a contempt of court petition against Karnataka and another petition to direct the central government to set up Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC). Jayalalithaa also announced sops for the state's farmers like fertilisers, pesticides and pipes free of cost involving an outlay of...
04:39 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Mumbai: Many independent women suffer physical and emotional abuse in a relationship and actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt says there is no simple answer to it, but your silence the first time sets the tone and tenor for your relationship, while Gul Panag feels they tolerate abuse because of emotional vulnerability. Here is what Bollywood women have to say on the issue: Pooja Bhatt: There is no simple answer to such a...
06:20 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Mitchell McClenaghan, the New Zealand left-arm quick, has been signed up by Lancashire for the Friends Life t20. The 27-year-old is the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy with eight from two matches and will joined former Australia batsman Simon Katich as the club's overseas option for their T20 campaign that starts later this month. "I am delighted to be joining Lancashire for the Friends Life t20," said...
03:09 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Kolkata: The crime against women continues unabated in the country. In Bidhannagar, the IT hub of Kolkata, a 24-year-old differently-abled girl was raped allegedly by her neighbour on Thursday. The girl's mother has filed an FIR at the New Town Police Station. However, no arrests have been made yet. The suspect is absconding, the police say. The incident comes just hours after hundreds of women protesters were detained outside Chief...
08:58 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: In the run-up to the Delhi Assembly elections IBN7's campaign 'New Delhi Banao' continues to raise awareness among the people about the state of affairs in their city. IBN7 went to Ambedkar Nagar which is one of the colonies of Delhi where there is a severe water crisis. Tube wells is the area have gone dry and Jal Board pipelines are failed to fulfill the requirement of the...
03:51 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Kohima: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour on the pretext of giving her a lift in his vehicle in Kiphire district of Nagaland on Wednesday, police sources said. The 25-year-old accused, identified as Taliba Sangtam of Kiphire village, a driver by profession, has been arrested, the sources said. Sangtam offered a ride to the girl, who was returning from school after dropping her little brother, on the...
03:47 AM, Jun 13, 2013
