South Gujarat receives heavy rains; more showers likely in next 1 week

Some south Gujarat districts received heavy showers on Tuesday with the state's average annual rainfall for the monsoon season rising to 116 percent on the back of bountiful rains, officials said.......

Arunachal: Army truck falls into gorge, 3 soldiers dead

Three Army personnel died and several others were injured when their truck skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Subansiri district, police said on Wednesday.......

3 dead, 7 missing as heavy rains batter Guj; hundreds shifted

Incessant heavy showers battered several parts of Gujarat on Monday, inundating low-lying areas, with three persons dying and seven missing in rain-related incidents and hundreds shifted to safer......

Firing outside Salman's home: Cops claim 'international link'

The Mumbai police on Thursday told a court in Mumbai that there is a possibility of an 'international connection' in the recent firing outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan's residence. IMAGE:......

Smart cities: How Surat will get a grand makeover

Here's a five-part series on smart cities. We begin with Surat as the city prepares for a new future.  IMAGE:  There will be a world of difference from how things are now in......

How water inequality governs drought-hit Maharashtra

Sugarcane, which is grown by no more than 1.1 million farmers, consumes 70 per cent of water available in Maharashtra for irrigation. In contrast, about 10 million jowar, pulses and oilseeds......

On World Water Day, India faces worst water crisis in decade

Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu likely to be India’s most water-scarce states this summer Water levels at 91 major reservoirs nationwide are the lowest in a decade -......

Ansari, others break ground for $7.6 bn TAPI pipeline

Pipeline will carry 90 mmscmd gas for 30 years; India, Pak to get 38 mmscmd each, 14 mmscmd to go to Afghanistan Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari along with the President of Turkmenistan,......