Villages in Ludhiana impacted with breach in Dhussi bundh in Sutlej

IANS | September 6, 2025 7:16 AM

Chandigarh, Sep 6 (IANS) As Punjab is facing worst floods since 1988, several villages in Ludhiana district were impacted as water on early Saturday entered fields and destroyed several acres with the breach in the crucial Dhussi bundh in the Sutlej river near Sahnewal town.

'Don’t worry, Centre is with you': Shivraj Chouhan assures grief-struck Punjab farmers

IANS | September 4, 2025 8:55 PM

Amritsar, Sep 4 (IANS) Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Chouhan on Thursday visited Punjab’s flood-affected villages in Amritsar, Kapurthala and Gurdaspur districts and interacted with farmers and even went into knee-deep flooded fields to assess the damage to the crops, assuring them that “the BJP-led Central government is with them in this hour of crisis”.

Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to 1,457

IANS | September 4, 2025 3:18 PM

Kabul, Sep 4 (IANS) The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar province has climbed to 1,457, with 3,394 others injured, Taliban officials said on Thursday. More than 6,700 homes have been destroyed due to earthquake as international aid agencies struggle to reach people in remote areas, the local media reported.

Death toll in Pakistan monsoon fury climbs to 883

IANS | September 4, 2025 12:09 PM

Islamabad, Sep 4 (IANS) At least 883 people have died and nearly 1,200 others have been injured since late June as torrential monsoon rains unleashed devastation across Pakistan, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

'People shouldn't listen to rumours': J&K CM Omar says flood situation not alarming

IANS | September 3, 2025 10:49 PM

Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) Even as the administration announced a preventive evacuation programme of people living in the flood-prone villages of Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Srinagar districts, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah tried to curb rumours by assuring that the flood situation is bad, but not worse as rumour mongers are trying to spread.