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Himachal Pradesh: Two dead as heavy rains trigger flash floods; officials issue high alert for Kullu district

According to officials, people residing in low-lying areas in Himachal Pradesh, especially in Kangra, Chamba, Kullu and Mandi districts, are being evacuated.

Himachal Pradesh: Army rescues two stranded in Kangra flash floods; two scooters, car washed away

The Army rescued two persons stranded due to flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, an official said on Monday. They were stranded at Saurabh Van Vihar, a park, in Palampur. Two scooters and a car were washed away in the flash floods in the area, he said.

Himachal Pradesh rains: IAF chopper deployed, 19 rescued at Dobi in Kullu district after flash floods

He said the chopper was requisitioned on the direction of chief minister Jai Ram Thakur and the stranded people were rescued safely. Presiding over a meeting to take stock of situation in view of heavy rains for the last few days in the state, particularly in four districts of Kullu, Chamba, Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti, Thakur directed the officers to take all precautionary measures to minimise loss to life and property.

Himachal Pradesh rains trigger landslides, flash floods; swelling Beas river washes vehicles away in Manali, Kullu

Most regions in Himachal Pradesh are experiencing heavy to extremely heavy rain, causing landslides in some areas and also blocking highways.

Fortis spat: Shivinder Singh says filing lawsuit against Malvinder, Sunil Godhwani was 'long overdue'; full text of letter

The spat between the Singh brothers -- Malvinder, Shivinder, who are also co-promoters of the beleagured Fortis Health Care has come out in the open

India-Pakistan talks on Indus waters likely to be a non-starter; Islamabad appears bent on blocking Kishenganga project

The Indus Waters Treaty has the potential to change the bilateral equation, but only when both India and Pakistan accept the need for good relations.

16 people killed as heavy rains lash Himachal Pradesh; government advisory urges people to avoid travel

Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh claimed 16 lives, including four of a family, while hundreds of people were stranded across the state

Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project: World Bank asks Pakistan to accept India's proposal to appoint neutral arbiter

The institution asked Pakistan to agree to India's proposal for appointment of neutral expert to suggest a resolution on the technicalities of the project

Jammu and Kashmir in spotlight as India, Pakistan fight over Himalaya's freshwater resources

Several hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a mammoth hydroelectric project in contested Kashmir, where India and Pakistan are racing to tap the subcontinent's diminishing freshwater supplies.

World Environment Day 2017: Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal's decade-long effort to clean up a river

From 2008 onwards, Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal has been working to clean up the Kali Bein, a tributary of the Beas in Punjab