New Delhi: The Water level in the Yamuna is set to rise over 207 metres - the highest the river has touched in 35 years. More than 1,500 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in east Delhi like Usmanpur, Yamuna Bazar, Bhajanpura and Shastri Park and relief camps have been set up for their shelter.
The Yamuna crossed the danger mark in Delhi on Tuesday and the water level is expected to rise further on Wednesday when the water from the Hathnikund barrage reaches the capital.
Haryana has released over nine lakh cusecs of water into the river in the last two days. "The water level of Yamuna crossed the danger mark of 204.83 metres at 7 AM and it reached 205.58 metres at 7 pm," officials in the Flood Control and Irrigation department said. They said the water level would touch 207.05 meter around noon on Wednesday.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the situation was under control and there was no need to panic as the administration was prepared to face any eventuality. The Old Yamuna Bridge, connecting east Delhi with the heart of the national capital, was shut for rail and road traffic on early Tuesday morning after the water level in Yamuna rose dangerously. ...
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07:40 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: While Uttarakhand reels under floods with the Ganga flowing above the danger mark, Delhi too is under threat as the Yamuna crossed the danger mark on Tuesday. The Delhi government on Monday began evacuating people from low-lying areas along the banks of the Yamuna. Apart from the capital, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments have also started evacuating people living in the low-lying areas along the river. The Yamuna...
09:45 AM, Jun 18, 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
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has achieved 97 per cent of the target of providing free water connections to households of members belonging to Scheduled Castes in the state. Stating this in Chandigarh on Sunday, a spokesman of Haryana Public Health and Engineering Department said that under the Indira Gandhi Drinking Water Scheme, out of the targeted more than 10.35 lakh such households, the water connections have already been given to...
03:00 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
Gurgaon: The police have released a sketch of the accused in the Gurgaon child rape case and have launched a manhunt to nab him. The accused brutally raped a five-year-old girl in the NCR on Saturday, before dumping her near a metro station. The girl, who was shifted to New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital on Saturday evening with severe genital injuries, is now stable and out of danger. The incident occurred...
11:12 PM, Jun 16, 2013
According to a report in The Daily Mail, Liverpool are closing on a deal for Shakhtar Donetsk's midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan. The 24-year-old had a good show in Armenia's World Cup qualifying win over Denmark. The merseyside club could approach the Ukrainian club with a 20 million transfer fee as Brendan Rodgers sets his sights on his first major summer signing. Mkhitaryan has become one of the most highly-rated attacking midfielders...
12:37 PM, Jun 15, 2013
The public distribution system remains in shambles with food grain rotting in several states. Wheat storage continues to be a major problem in Punjab and Haryana and fears are that foodgrain will be rotting in several states. ...
08:05 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Deoli: Even as the UPA pushes for its ambitious food security legislation, there has been little improvement when it comes to storage infrastructure for food grains. CNN-IBN on its visit to Deoli in Haryana for the third consecutive year has found out that 22,000 quintals of wheat, which was brought for storage in Deoli, has been decaying in sacks and has now been declared unfit for human consumption. In 2011,...
09:30 AM, Jun 13, 2013
Gurgaon: The Haryana Civil Medical Services Association (HCMSA) has alleged that Narnaul's chief medical officer (CMO) was suspended for not accommodating Haryana health minister's men in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) staff appointments and threatens stir. Haryana Health Minister Rao Narender Singh is in the dock over the suspension of Narnaul Civil Surgeon Chander Mohan. Narnaul, a district headquarter town of south Haryana, is 90 km from Gurgaon. Haryana...
05:50 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Chennai: Soundarya Ashwin, who is busy giving final touches to the most anticipated Tamil period-drama 'Kochadaiyaan' featuring her superstar father Rajinikanth, requests fan not to believe rumours about the film's trailer-release date and wait for the official announcement. There were rumours that the trailer of 'Kochadaiyaan' was scheduled to release June 10, but she clarified through a tweet: "Hey guys. I (will) connect with you directly. Any updates about movie...
02:15 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Karnal: A day after Union minister Kumari Selja and some Congress leaders attacked him over "tardy implementation of Centre policies for the uplift of Dalits", Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said those "in air conditioned rooms should personally visit" the villages to see the development. Hooda said that those sitting in air conditioned rooms in Delhi could not see how many plots have been allotted to the...
02:20 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Faridabad: A man accused of rape and murder of a 10-year-old was sentenced to death on Friday. In 2012, Inder Soni had raped the daughter of his tenant and stabbed her to death in Faridabad. The victim's family belonged to Munger in Bihar. The accused had raped and murdered the girl when she went to his room to give him food. After the girl did not return, her father searched...
08:36 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Faridabad: A 1.5-metre long rope of hair was removed by doctors from a 14-year-old girl's stomach, hospital authorities said in Faridabad on Thursday. The rope had been in the girl's stomach for about four years. "Sukanya (name changed) used to complain of severe abdominal pain over the past four years. Her parents eventually took her to Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), where we examined her abdomen and found that...
10:57 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Howrah: The Trinamool Congress candidate Prasun Banerjee has won the Howrah by-poll over its CPI(M) rival Sridip Bhattacharya by 27,000 votes. This, however, was almost 10,000 votes less than the previous TMC victory at the seat. The result in the by-poll is seen as the trust vote for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the chit fund scam hit West Bengal. The election has been necessitated following the death of Trinamool...
02:50 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday allowed CBI to bring 80 more witnesses, who it claimed were not listed earlier due to "inadvertence", in the trial against INLD chief and former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Special CBI Judge Manu Rai Sethi allowed the agency's plea to lead 80 additional prosecution witnesses and as many as 15 documents which the agency claimed...
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New Delhi: The family of the Delhi girl who succumbed to acid attack injuries at a Mumbai hospital on Sunday threatened to block roads at the Delhi-Haryana border if their demands for a CBI probe wasn't met. The family said it will not cremate the body until their demands were met, which also include cremation with state honours and a government job. They plan to block traffic as part of...
01:27 PM, Jun 03, 2013
