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Gujarat Water Supply Minister and BJP leader Kunvarji Bavaliya questioned a group of women, who were protesting against drinking water crisis in their village, whether they voted for him or not in the last election. (Photo: ANI)

Getting water according to vote pc': Gujarat minister to women...

Bavaliya, who quit Congress last year to join BJP and was made a cabinet minister, faced protests by women while...

15 April 2019 4:30 PM IST

On Tuesday, according to a US-based website, six of the worlds hottest cities were from India. Out of the six, four were from Maharashtra.

State water crisis to intensify in coming days, say weathermen

Nearly 10,506 towns and 4,920 villages in Maha are facing water shortage.

31 May 2019 2:35 AM IST

Marathwada has 45 major dams, which have just 2.77 per cent live water storage.

Water crisis in Marathwada worsens

Of the eight districts, Aurangabad, Beed and Jalna districts are the worst hit.

1 May 2019 3:20 AM IST

The government has started preparing to announce a drought in the state.

TN water crisis: Rainwater harvesting should be taken up, says...

The 69-year-old actor was speaking to reporters here on his arrival from Mumbai, where he was shooting for his film...

30 Jun 2019 12:32 PM IST

The industry and conservationists want governments to adopt other methods to address the water shortage in cities.

Karnataka move to ban construction is no solution

The state government is toying with the idea of denying approvals for new housing projects in the city for five years

29 Jun 2019 2:02 AM IST

The fire broke out in Samrat Ashok building around 2.30 am near Mahalaxmi Racecourse on Sunday. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

B'luru water crisis: K'taka govt to ban construction of apartments for...

Deputy CM said, 'Govt mulls a five-year ban on construction of multi-storeyed residential buildings in view of acute...

28 Jun 2019 3:41 PM IST

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday began a statewide over actue water crisis issue. (Photo: File)

A world without water: Scary future lies ahead

Chennai's water crisis is front-page news; friends' FB posts describe in grim detail what is it is like to go without...

28 Jun 2019 12:30 AM IST

Further permanent boundary stones were not laid to identify the area of lakes, due to which encroachments were being increased. (Representational image)

Avadi lake project: This Chennai lake can show a new way for water...

The brain behind project is Avadi legislator K Pandiarajan, popularly called Ma Foi Pandiarajan, who's also the Tamil...

27 Jun 2019 4:02 PM IST

Leonardo Dicaprio. (Photo: AP)

Oscar winner DiCaprio draws attention to Chennai's devastating water...

'The southern Indian city of Chennai is in crisis, after the four main water reservoirs ran completely dry,' he wrote on...

27 Jun 2019 1:14 PM IST

The video made from the compilation of satellite images released by ESA Sentinel shows rapidly depleting water levels in Puzhal lake - one of five key water bodies keeping the city afloat - between April and June - highlighting the severity of the situation. (Photo: AP | File)

Watch: Time-lapse video shows Chennai's Puzhal lake drying up in...

Groundwater in Chennai and surrounding areas is fed by Puzhal and four other lakes - Sholavaram, Kaliveli, Pulicat and...

26 Jun 2019 4:39 PM IST

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his then Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu had met in the national capital for a meeting convened by then Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Krishna and Godavari river water related issues and various projects on them. (Photo: File)

Andhra Pradesh, T'gana CMs to discuss water issues on June 28: source

The proposed meeting on June 28 would be the first official one between the two to discuss the contentious issues,...

25 Jun 2019 2:43 PM IST

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday began a statewide over actue water crisis issue. (Photo: File)

Water crisis in TN: Stalin joins protest; DMK gives notice in Lok...

On Saturday, DMK began a statewide over actue water crisis issue.

24 Jun 2019 10:32 AM IST