New Delhi: Haryana on Friday agreed to release raw water from its quota in Yamuna to Delhi which is reeling under shortage of water due to a breach in the upper Ganga canal in Uttar Pradesh. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda agreed to provide Delhi around 240 cusecs of raw water from its share in Yamuna following a request by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Areas in East and South Delhi on Friday faced water shortage as Uttar Pradesh cut raw water supply to the city from the upper Ganga canal to plug a breach. The Upper Ganga canal supplies around 450 cusec of water to Delhi, out of which 200 cusec is supplied to the Bhagirathi plant and 250 cusec goes to Sonia Vihar plant. Water treated by Sonia Vihar plant and Bhagirathi plant is supplied to East and South Delhi localities.
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02:25 AM, May 18, 2013
Though director J D Chakravarthi failed to impress the audience with his earlier films such as 'Homan' and 'Siddham' he hasn't lost hope. The director is now gearing up for a his next untitled film. The latest buzz is that the movie will be produced by Gangapatnam Sreedhar under the banner of Sri Vignesh Karthik Cinema and Chakravarthi productions. The film is going to be a thriller and is said...
04:18 PM, May 02, 2013
Hyderabad: A one-month-old boy was allegedly sold for Rs 1.5 lakh in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh, officials said on Sunday. He has been rescued. No arrests have been made so far in the incident. The baby's father Gangadhar, a labourer, and one mediator named Linganna allegedly sold him ten days ago, Nizamabad Rural police said quoting a complaint lodged by the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) authorities. Following the...
02:30 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Muzaffarnagar acid attack victim Isha, whose left eye was severely damaged, has regained her vision after a successful surgery. The 23-year-old teacher was discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Friday and she wants to go back to her job as soon as possible. Isha and her three sisters, all teachers, were attacked by two motorcycle-borne men who threw acid on them on April 2, 2013 while they...
11:38 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: A 23-year-old teacher may lose her eyesight after an acid attack in Shamli in Uttar Pradesh. Doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where the teacher has been brought for treatment, said that the maximum injury has been caused to her eyes as the acid was not washed properly and immediately. The woman's s left eye cornea has been severely damaged even as the doctors performed one surgery....
01:58 PM, Apr 04, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee paid a three day state visit to the Republic of Mauritius from March 11 to March 13, 2013. His entourage included Minister ...
03:15 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday reviewed implementation of centrally-sponsored schemes at a meeting which was boycotted by panchayat union presidents and MLAs belonging to Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK. ...
07:00 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Telugu film 'Chemistry' will feature Sriram and Amitha Rao in lead roles. ...
03:13 PM, Mar 19, 2013
The Malayalam flick is however scripted by scriptwriter Hashir Mohamed. ...
10:53 PM, Mar 15, 2013
Priyanka Gandhi on Monday underwent a minor surgery of gall bladder in a private hospital here. Fourty-year-old Priyanka underwent the surgery at Gangaram Hospital and is stable. It was conducted by a team of doctors led by Dr Praveen Bhatia of the Department of Minimal Access Surgery. ...
09:43 PM, Mar 04, 2013
It were the projects pioneered by Dadasaheb Phalke that carved a niche audience base for mythological content. ...
09:15 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Professor RK Sinha of Patna University is popularly known as India's dolphin man. Thanks to him, dolphins have now been declared as the National Aquatic Animal. ...
11:46 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Downplaying the recent verdict by International Court of Arbitration upholding India's right to divert water from the Kishanganga hydro project, Pakistan said on Tuesday it was not a legal defeat for the country. Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that the arbitration award was not a legal defeat for Pakistan. ...
06:53 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Premji began his singing career as an assistant to Yuvan Shankar Raja. ...
03:26 PM, Feb 25, 2013
The upcoming Tamil romantic comedy 'Sonna Puriyadhu', features Shiva and Vasundhara Kashyap in the lead role. ...
06:37 PM, Feb 24, 2013
For almost four decades, Bollywood's only association with intimacy was two nodding dandelions and the camera panning to logs burning in the fireplace. Desire was portrayed through symbolism on the celluloid as filmmakers learned to fear the censor board. But this wasn't always the case in cinema's 100 year history. Actresses were as bold in the 1930s as they are today, perhaps even more. ...
08:33 AM, Feb 20, 2013
An International Court of Arbitration at the Hague has ruled in favour of India on the Kishanganga hydroelectric project and upheld India's right to divert water from the hydroelectric project to Kashmir. Pakistan had moved for arbitration in May 2010, claiming India was trying to divert the Jhelum river and the project would rob it of 15 per cent of its share of river waters. ...
10:30 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Maha Kumbh is an amalgamation of the varied colours of India. Acharya Mahamandleshwar Awadhesha Giri Maharaj of Juna Akhara has designed his ashram at the Maha Kumbh in an eco-friendly manner even though it is no less than a five-star retreat. ...
12:12 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Over three crore devotees led by ascetics of Hindu sects on Sunday took a holy dip at Sangam on 'Mauni Amavasya', considered the most auspicious day of bathing during the 12-yearly Kumbh congregation in Allahabad. ...
06:27 PM, Feb 10, 2013
