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Water resources, Ganga allocations surge 55% to Rs 30,234 cr

The total Budget allocated for the department of water resources, river development, and Ganga Rejuvenation has surged to Rs 30,233.83 crore, 55 percent up from last year's allotment of Rs......

Meeting with Modi on development, not politics: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she discussed “development and not politics” at a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the nation’s capital.......

Feel like 'crying' at Ganga's condition in Bihar, Nitish tells PM

With Bihar battling floods despite receiving less than normal rains, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking the Centre's intervention as he insisted that......

Bihar floods: Toll reaches 30, rescue ops gather pace

Death toll in the Bihar's rain related disasters on Tuesday mounted to 30 even as relief and rescue operations gathered momentum with improved weather conditionsand assistance......

Trinamool demands probe by Centre into water crisis

Trinamool Congress on Thursday demanded a probe by the Centre into the breakdown of two sluicegates of Farakka barrage, saying it has led to flow of excess water to Bangladesh causing severe power......

India set to sign climate change treaty on Friday

About 150 countries are expected to sign the agreement in New York on the same day. India will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change on Friday in New York. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime......

Re-engineering the 'dying city'

Ever since "Calcutta port" was established in 1870 it has, like all river ports, been gradually making its way to the sea. Thus Satgaon yielded to nearby Hugli (Portuguese), Chinsura (Dutch) and......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......

'If the land goes, then your home goes'

Sourav Sarangi is an award-winning filmmaker whose latest work Char… The No Man’s Island explores the border between India and Bangladesh, defined by a river and its ever-changed......

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Farakka Barrage

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Water resources, Ganga allocations surge 55% to Rs 30,234 cr

Meeting with Modi on development, not politics: Mamata

Feel like 'crying' at Ganga's condition in Bihar, Nitish tells PM

Bihar floods: Toll reaches 30, rescue ops gather pace

Trinamool demands probe by Centre into water crisis

India set to sign climate change treaty on Friday

Re-engineering the 'dying city'

Chidambaram's Budget speech

'If the land goes, then your home goes'

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