Mumbai: One person died and eight others were injured when a pipeline burst in a suburb area near Thane. The pipeline burst took place underneath the Sanjeevani society building they were living in. The incident occurred in Govandi suburb, north-east Mumbai, around 3:30 am, when a 24-inch water mainline suddenly burst and thousands of litres of water gushed into Sanjivani building. People sleeping on the ground floor of the building...
12:16 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Tokyo: Radioactive water has apparently leaked from another underground storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Sunday. The utility, known as Tepco, said the volume of the latest leakage is believed to be small. On Saturday, it said as much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from another nearby storage tank. The plant's seven storage tanks are lined with...
05:46 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: After 14 days and more than a million letters of resistance against high electricity and water tariffs, Arvind Kejriwal looking visibly frail - broke his fast in Sunder Nagri. The party that asked the aam aadmi to non-violently disobey the law and stop paying power bills made yet another poll pitch setting the agenda for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. Kejriwal said, "When our party comes to power,...
11:32 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Ghaziabad: Six people died and at least 500 people fell seriously ill after drinking contaminated ground water in the Loni area of Ghaziabad, officials said on Friday. Hospital and police officials said that residents of Prem Nagar in Ghaziabad complained of drowsiness and fell unconscious after drinking tap water on Thursday. Some of them began vomitting. Six people died within hours of treatment while about 500 were still being treated....
05:38 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Mumbai: As Maharashtra faces one of its worst droughts in four decades and is facing acute shortage of drinking water, the people living in the affected areas are forced to consume polluted water. The use of polluted and dirty water has led to several water-borne diseases in the area. In Dhule district, which is one of the worst drought-hit area, the people are not only facing grappling with shortage of...
03:03 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Rampur: Some Samajwadi Party members allegedly locked up an engineer in a room and then thrashed him brutally in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur. Azam Khan, an important and powerful minister in the state Cabinet, represents Rampur constituency in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Water department engineer Janardan Singh was allegedly beaten up for not installing hand pumps. The Samajwadi Party members also threatened Janardan Singh of dire consequences if he failed to...
01:44 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday appealed to his party volunteers to start restoring from April 6, 2013 power and water connections disconnected across Delhi for non-payment of allegedly inflated bills. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader is on an indefinite hunger strike since March 23, 2013 against the allegedly inflated water and power bills. "We have launched a signature campaign against the bills. Now I appeal to the...
02:15 AM, Apr 04, 2013
IBN7's managing editor Ashutosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Kejriwal's fast against 'inflated' power and water bills in Delhi. ...
05:14 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Food policy analyst Devinder Sharma joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the intensity of the Maharashtra drought, its causes, possible interventions and more. ...
06:14 PM, Apr 02, 2013
While Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vinod Tawde has objected to the use of water for stadiums during the Indian premier League, the Nationalist Congress Party has backed the matches. NCP backed the IPL saying that Mumbai and Pune, where the matches will be held, face no water shortage. ...
01:41 PM, Apr 01, 2013
With just two days to go for its sixth season, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is already surrounded by controversies. Maharashtra Opposition leader Vinod Tawde has objected to the use of water in stadiums in the drought-hit state. ...
08:49 AM, Apr 01, 2013
As Arvind Kejriwal's indefinite fast against "inflated" power bills entered the ninth day on Sunday, his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said it will deliver on Monday over 6.38 lakh letters it collected from Delhiites to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit urging her to cut power tariff. ...
12:27 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Are Delhi's three private electricity distribution companies gouging consumers as Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party claims? Ever since the state monopoly was abolished ...
10:00 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Google and a few scientists have come together to develop a new initiative which allows users to take a dive underwater while they are sitting at home with their computers or laptops. ...
10:23 AM, Mar 29, 2013
The health of Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, who is on the sixth day of his indefinite fast to protest against the "inflated" electricity and water bills in New Delhi, has started to deteriorate. ...
01:15 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Veteran actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar, known for his villain roles, was allegedly assaulted by the residents of his own housing society in Versova in Mumbai on Wednesday. The incident took place after he protested against wastage of water during Holi celebrations in his housing society. ...
08:33 AM, Mar 28, 2013
Mumbai Police have registered a case of rioting against five persons who allegedly assaulted veteran Bollywood actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar for pointing out waste of water in a Holi event in his neighbourhood. ...
11:48 PM, Mar 27, 2013
It's tough to imagine Holi with no water, but that is exactly what Mumbai is aspiring to do this year. An extreme water crisis in the state has prompted various institutions in the city to try and do their bit during this festival. ...
11:50 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Is Maharashtra's drought a man made calamity? Environmentalist Darryl D'monte joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
04:24 PM, Mar 26, 2013
An extreme water crisis in Maharashtra has prompted various institutions and residents in Mumbai to try and do their bit during the festival of Holi. ...
03:27 PM, Mar 26, 2013
