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The locals too have expressed anger towards the state government. (Photo: ANI)

DMK holds statewide protest over water scarcity issue in Tamil Nadu

On Friday, Palaniswami held a press conference following a high-level meeting on the prevailing water scarcity in the...

22 Jun 2019 3:07 PM IST

Indias tragedy of India isnt so much the diminishing rainfall in the past few years, but the cycles of drought that seem to follow the rain. (Photo: AP)

India's water crisis now getting worse and worse

Chennai is emblematic of India's existing water management problem rather than water shortage, but that too isn't far...

22 Jun 2019 7:25 AM IST

Qin survived as the knife didnt damage any vital blood vessel (Photo: Pixabay)

Man arrested for attacking neighbour with knife over water dispute in...

As per reports, the incident took place on Thursday night in an apartment in Shankar Nagar in Anankaputhur.

15 Jun 2019 4:28 PM IST

NITI Aayog last met on June 17 in the previous year. (Photo: Twitter)

India will be 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024: PM Modi at NITI...

PM Modi also showed optimism for effectively tackling drought situation in the country.

15 Jun 2019 9:47 AM IST

Due to the heatwave in Coimbatore, more than 10 out of 20 tanks around the city have become dry. (Photo: ANI)

Heatwave leads to water crisis in Coimbatore

Locals also blame repeated monsoon failure for the condition in the city.

10 Jun 2019 9:35 AM IST

People in Melghat are forced to go as deep as 40 feet inside the wells to fetch drinking water. (Photo: ANI)

Maharashtra's water crisis deepens

Villagers near Amravati and adjoining areas have been advised to boil the water before drinking it.

9 Jun 2019 10:53 AM IST

It has been continuing for so many years. Neither the government nor anybody else is doing anything. There are three wells in the village. Some people sleep there to fetch drinking water, Shivraj Belkar, a villager said. (Photo: ANI)

Villagers go 40 feet down to fetch drinking water in Amravati's...

Nishant Sarap, a health worker in Sonapur village said that villagers have been advised to boil the water before...

9 Jun 2019 9:16 AM IST

Earlier, the driver of a water tanker was attacked by locals for overlooking their area while supplying water in the locality.

Two cases of violence in Madhya Pradesh over water tiff

This was the second such incident witnessed in the city in the last two days.

9 Jun 2019 12:13 AM IST

Mumbai gets a daily supply of 455 million litres of water from the Vaitarna and Tansa dams and 2,050 million litres from the Bhatsa dam in Shahapur.

Water crisis in state turns grave

Meanwhile, the rising temperatures and delayed monsoon have added to their woes.

8 Jun 2019 1:53 AM IST

IMD officials were present at the meeting. They have said that there will be normal rainfall this year and several districts in Maharashtra will receive rainfall. This is good news, Fadnavis said. (Photo: File)

Monsoon in Maharashtra may be delayed but will be normal: CM Fadnavis

Fadnavis along with his cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil held a state-level meeting on Kharif season preparations.

7 Jun 2019 6:08 PM IST

Thane districts Modak Sagar and Tansa lakes, which provide water to Mumbai, are almost full thanks to the monsoon.

Indian water crisis: A hard look

India only possesses 4 per cent of the world's fresh water and the crisis can be more fully realised.

30 July 2019 10:31 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken great care of villages and had made them the basis of Indias growth story. (Photo: ANI)

Israel can help increase availability of water in Bundelkhand: Yogi...

Adityanath said friendship of Israel and India goes back three decades and has scaled new heights in recent times.

26 July 2019 12:20 PM IST