Cuttack: In a shocking incident in Odisha, a retired judge, his wife and son were arrested on Wednesday on charges of trying to kill their 23-year-old pregnant domestic help. When the police rescued Mini Pradhan at the Mahanad river barrage in Cuttack, she had a shocking tale to tell before she was whisked off to the ICU with multiple injuries. Mini alleged that she was thrown off the barrage by...
07:39 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: During his meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured Banerjee that her concerns over the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the leakage in Farakka Barrage and the grant of Presidential assent to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Bill will be taken care of. The Prime Minister assured the Chief Minister that he has requested Home Minister P Chidambaram to find ways...
08:52 PM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 7 RCR and expressed her objection to the National Counter Terrorism Centre. Addressing mediapersons after the meeting, the Trinamool Congress chief said that she conveyed to the Prime Minister that NCTC disturbed the federal structure of the country. Banerjee also asked the Prime Minister about the need of the Central anti-terror agency. "I received...
06:45 PM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to arrive in Delhi ahead of her meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that's scheduled for Wednesday. Mamata is expected to flag her concerns about the Farakka Barrage and Gorkhaland. Mamata is concerned that an excess of water from the Ganga has reached Bangladesh because of a broken sluice gate on the Farakka Barrage. The West Bengal...
09:59 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Kolkata: Yet another bombshell has been dropped on the Congress-led Centre by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, this time over excess drainage of water from the Farakka barrage to Bangladesh. In a strongly-worded letter to the Prime Minister, Banerjee called the Centre's delay in repairing two sluice gates of the barrage a criminal conspiracy. Her letter states, "This looks like a man-made disaster planned to plunge West Bengal into...
12:12 AM, Feb 19, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has reportedly alleged in her letter to the Prime Minister concerning the Teesta water-sharing pact that the Farraka barrage was a "man-made disaster, planned on the one hand with finesse and aplomb, to plunge West Bengal into a crisis and on the other hand, to provide 'water' bonanza to Bangladesh". Slamming it as a man-made conspiracy, she wrote, "It seems there was...
07:37 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai is reportedly meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a bid to settle the Teesta water sharing agreement. The West Bengal CM had earlier written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raising objections over the Farakka Barrage water-sharing with Bangladesh. In her letter, Mamata said that a majority of water from the Farakka barrage was going to Bangladesh instead of remaining in...
04:23 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: After raising objections over the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee has written another letter to the Prime Minister objecting over the Farakka Barrage water-sharing with Bangladesh. In her letter, Mamata says that a majority of water from the Farakka barrage is going to Bangladesh instead of staying in India. The West Bengal Chief Minister also called it a 'man-made...
03:49 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Chandigarh: It is the great Indian scam again. This time the victims could be the people of Haryana yet again. Last year the river Yamuna flooded causing massive damage, especially at the Hathnikund Barrage. The state government has spent Rs 68 crores on repairs but an inspection team has found the new embankment is mostly sand, and very little cement. Villager Aslam says, Some have stones, some have sand, there...
07:04 AM, Jul 03, 2011
New Delhi: The national capital is facing the prospects of yet another flood-like situation with reports indicating that some parts of Hathnikund barrage are on the verge of collapse. The reports claim the foundation has weakened because of the heavy rains and the amount of water that's flown through it. If the barrage situated in Haryana collapses, the flow of water into Delhi will become unregulated. The outflow from the...
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