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'Lost river' ran through the centre of Thar Desert near 172 thousand years ago
• 4 years agoStudies of satellite imagery have shown a dense network of river channels crossing the Thar Desert, according to the researchers.
Journeying along the Ganga, in photos: The past, present and future of India's holiest river
• 5 years agoFor more than 1,700 miles, stretching from the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, the Ganga flows across the plains like a timeline of India's past, nourishing an extraordinary wealth of life.
Atal Setu, a new bridge in Bihar over troubled Kosi, raises risk of higher flood surges
The Third Pole • 6 years agoEngineers have channelled the Kosi over a long distance before building the Atal Setu in Bihar, raising the risk of higher flood surges
Haryana won't supply additional water to Delhi; new dams should be constructed fast, says CM Manohar Lal Khattar
Ians • 7 years agoHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday that his state will not be able to supply additional water to the national capital.
China plans to build 1,000-km tunnel from Tibet, divert Brahmaputra water to Xinjiang, says report
• 7 years agoChinese engineers are testing techniques that could be used to build a 1,000-kilometre long tunnel, the world's longest
Ten people drown as four boats capsize in Sabon river in Assam's Goalpara district
• 7 years agoTen persons drowned when four boats capsized in Sabon river during a severe storm in Assam's Goalpara district, a senior district administration official said.
Hey India, know what’s in your water?
Sponsored • 8 years agoCauvery issue: Supreme Court orders Karnataka government to release 6,000 cusecs water per day for six days
• 8 years agoThe Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Karanataka government to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water every day to Tamil Nadu for six days, starting 1 October.
Cauvery row: Maintain peace, Supreme Court tells Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Ians • 8 years agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments for their failure to stop people from taking to the agitation path after its order on Cauvery river water sharing.
11 boys drown in Karnataka's Tungabhadra river after boat capsizes while Ganesha immersion
Ians • 9 years agoEleven teenage boys were drowned in Karnataka on Wednesday when a coracle in which they were sailing overturned and capsized in a river during the immersion of Lord Ganesha's idol, police said