Shillong, June 23 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Tuesday directed all government departments to intensify preparedness measures and convert contingency plans into actionable interventions as the state braces for the potential impacts of an anticipated El Nino event, stressing that “preparation before a crisis emerges is the best defence against climate uncertainties.” Chairing a meeting of the Meghalaya Climate Council at the State Guest House in Shillong, Sangma reviewed th…
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Chennai, June 20 (IANS) Chennai’s drinking water reserves have received a significant boost with continued inflows of Krishna River water from Andhra Pradesh’s Kandaleru reservoir, helping improve storage levels in the city’s key water bodies amid rising summer demand. Poondi reservoir, one of Chennai’s principal sources of drinking water, has been receiving Krishna water under the inter-state water-sharing agreement between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Built in 1944 in the Poondi taluk of Tir…
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) A delegation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM-Punjab) on Friday called on Governor and Administrator of Chandigarh, Gulab Chand Kataria, at Lok Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum highlighting various issues and demands concerning the farming community.The Samyukta Kisan Morcha delegation raised several key issues, including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), debt relief for farmers and agricultural labourers, conservation of water resources, cr…
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Punjab Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Monday inaugurated irrigation projects worth Rs 13 crore in the Amargarh Assembly constituency. Addressing the gathering, the minister said these projects would bring canal water to more than 3,832 acres of agricultural land in the region for the first time.He emphasised that the government is committed to strengthening irrigation infrastructure and reducing dependence on groundwater, adding that the objective is t…
Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Friday that he had promised senior Minister Ramalinga Reddy the Bengaluru Development portfolio after becoming Chief Minister. However, he maintained that the decision on portfolio allocation rests with the party’s high command.Speaking to the media regarding Reddy’s resignation from the ministerial post on Friday, Shivakumar acknowledged the assurance he had given, saying he had told Reddy he would be allotted the Benga…
Bengaluru, May 28 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar, who is set to assume the post of Chief Minister following the resignation of CM Siddaramaiah, has emerged as one of the most influential political leaders in the state.His political journey, spanning more than four decades, has been marked by organisational strength, electoral success and major governance initiatives.Widely regarded as the Congress party’s princip…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil on Tuesday reviewed the expanding role in externally funded projects, including studies on sustainable irrigation development in Assam, economic impacts of Brahmaputra water diversion, and water management practices in North East India. Speaking at the 6th Meeting of the Governing Body of the North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM), an institute under the Department of Water Resources, River Developme…
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) In a move aimed at improving administrative efficiency and ensuring closer coordination across departments, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has assigned a wide range of government portfolios to senior officials in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), outlining a new administrative structure for overseeing governance and policy implementation. According to an order issued by the CMO, senior bureaucrats have been entrusted with clusters of important departments to …
Brussels, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment for decades has regarded the sponsorship of terrorism as a “low-cost tool”, facing no meaningful accountability. By placing the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following last year’s April 22 Pahalgam terror attack carried out by a Pakistan-based terror group, India has brought the agreement itself into the strategic “cost calculus”, effectively dismantling that insulation, a report said on Saturday.Writing for ‘European Ti…
Jaipur, March 20 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Friday rejected Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s demand for Rs 1.44 lakh crore in water royalties, calling it unconstitutional and legally baseless.Punjab CM Mann had cited a 1920 agreement signed between the British government, the princely state of Bikaner, and Bahawalpur (now in Pakistan), and demanded that Rajasthan either clear its alleged dues or stop drawing water.In response, Rajasthan’s Water Resources Minister Suresh Singh Rawat …