The Swiss Alps are heavenly, but Gulmarg in Kashmir is, too. Said to be one of the highest lift-served ski resorts in the ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre will fast-track environmental clearances of all pending and proposed projects in the Indus River Basin in J&K to utilise the maximum amount of water from the river system in ...

NEW DELHI: The farmers' organisation Bhartiya Kisan Union (Non-political) has urged Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, t ...

The Indus River came into the knowledge of the Western world early in the classical period, when King Darius of Persia sent his Greek subject Scylax of Caryanda to explore the river, c. 515 BC.

Exclusive-India Weighs Plan to Slash Pakistan Water Supply With New Indus River Project By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Krishna N. Das, Aftab Ahmed, Charlotte Greenfield, Ariba Shahid NEW DELHI ...

India is considering plans to dramatically increase the water it draws from a major river that feeds Pakistani farms downstream, as part of retaliatory action for a deadly April attack on tourists ...

India planning new Indus river projects that could alter water flow to Pakistan. India has initiated several measures that could affect the flow of water into Pakistan, Reuters reported.

The prospective projects also include dams that can store large volumes of water, in what would be a first for India in the Indus river system, according to two people familiar with the matter. India ...

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: India is considering plans to dramatically increase the water it draws from a major river that... AIRLINK 145.00 Increased By 0.50 (0.35%) BOP 10.17 Increased By 0.01 (0.1%) ...

They include the Bursar project (800 MW) on the Marusudar river within the Indus basin. Also, the Uri Stage II (260 MW) on the Jhelum commissioned in 2013-14 is yet to realise its full potential.

Home to 268 million habitants, the Indus River basin is situated at a hydrologically fragile location. The basin is ranked first among the world’s 78 water towers in terms of vulnerability, ...

WATCH: Chenab river runs dry near Pakistan Earlier, the water level in the Chenab River witnessed a significant drop in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor after the closure of gates at the Baglihar and ...