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Bengaluru couple lists rental mistakes before landing 2BHK for 19K

A Bengaluru couple revealed costly house hunting mistakes in a viral post after living in three homes over four years.
Published on Mar 29, 2026 03:02 pm IST

Artificial glaciers stave off drought in Kyrgyzstan

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Published on Mar 06, 2024 09:07 am IST

PMRDA team to visit construction sites to check water sources of new housing projects

In the meeting, it was decided that no new permits for construction in the PMRDA jurisdiction would be issued without checking the availability of water and the capacity of local bodies, such as PMRDA and Zilla Parishad, to supply water to the new constructions. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 23, 2024 05:56 am IST

Relief likely for 12 Prayagraj villages as revival of two rivers underway

Workers clearing the flow path of Karnavati river, a tributary of Ganga, in the Manda development block of Prayagraj (HT)
Updated on Jun 27, 2023 08:20 am IST

UN's flagship report on climate change impacting water resources|5 points

Constrained by growing demands and limited supplies, the current pace of managing water resources has left 3.5 billion with inadequate water access for at least one month per year, the report said.
Published on Nov 30, 2022 11:19 am IST

Being a Dalit woman in modern India

The outrage over Hathras is justified and necessary. But there is nothing new about the systemic oppression of Dalit women aided by State-backed institutions: The police who won’t file FIRs, lawyers who urge rape survivors to compromise, a legal system that exhausts the patience of the most stoic victim, and a media that finds no merit in these stories.
Published on Oct 02, 2020 07:37 pm IST

Mercury plunges across Himachal; mild snow in Shimla

The higher reaches received a fresh spell of snow.
Published on Dec 15, 2019 10:48 pm IST

Extreme weather is the new norm

Long dry spells, accompanied with more intense rainfall concentrated over fewer days, are becoming the norm
Published on Sept 30, 2019 06:17 pm IST

Government ramps up targets for piped water scheme

The Jal Shakti ministry aims to provide piped drinking water to 19.5% of rural households during 2019-20 under the Jal Jeevan mission, but the scheme will need a steep improvement in its performance to achieve the government’s goal of providing water to all rural households by 2024.
Updated on Jul 11, 2019 01:27 pm IST

15 monkeys die due to heat stroke, water scarcity in Madhya Pradesh forest

Around 15 monkeys died possibly due to heatstroke in Joshi Baba forest range in Bagli, Dewas.
Updated on Jun 08, 2019 12:30 pm IST

Water crisis: Act now or perish

The summer of 2019 is turning out to be a searing one for most parts of India. If there is one district that is indicative of a massive crisis that could soon unfold across other parts of the country, it is Beed in Maharashtra
Published on Jun 03, 2019 09:39 pm IST

11 MP tigers killed by poachers for rituals since 2018

An Indian tiger and her three cubs wade in a rocky water hole. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh
Published on May 18, 2019 11:28 pm IST

Maharashtra drought worsens, state feels heat

The water stock level has dropped to 19.63%, against 32.6% on the same day last year.
Published on May 02, 2019 06:40 am IST

‘Why isn’t lack of safe drinking water a poll issue?’

Lack of access to safe piped water has left people excessively dependent on hand-pumps and bore-wells, many of which are contaminated sources.
Updated on Apr 16, 2019 12:27 pm IST

Owners of places where mosquito breeding is found to be penalised

Owners of places where mosquito breeding is found to be penalised
Published on Apr 12, 2019 01:20 am IST

Development should be planned to cut loss of Gurugram’s green cover

The entire Aravalli range was supposed to come under the Natural Conservation Zone.
Published on Sept 20, 2018 01:56 pm IST

Is muck disposal in Uttarakhand Ganga basin the culprit?

Social activists claim that a large amount of muck generated by cutting hills have been dumped in the lush green forest on the river banks thus prompting natural water sources to dry up.
Updated on May 25, 2018 10:07 pm IST

Pak cement cos agree to find alternative to water from Katas Raj temple

Katas Raj temple
Updated on May 08, 2018 11:13 pm IST

Explosives kill chital, forest officials on vigil

A spotted deer, commonly called chital, died after it ate a ball-like substance stuffed with explosives, which was kept by suspected poachers in Ramnagar forests in Nainital district.
Updated on Apr 29, 2018 09:59 pm IST

Earth Day: Concern over depleting natural water sources in U’khand

People being served food during ‘zero-waste lunch’ organised at Rajpur Gurudwara in Dehradun on Sunday.
Updated on Apr 22, 2018 10:15 pm IST