After threat, security tightened at Kusaha embankment

August 21st, 2009 JAGDALPUR - Police in the Jagdalpur area of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh are investigating a threat letter received by the authorities of four colleges, allegedly sent by the Maoists, threatening out-station staff to leave the place. Principals of four different colleges in Maoist-hit Jagdalpur area received the letter by post.

August 4th, 2009 PATNA - Around 50,000 people are still stranded in flood-hit Bihar though the Bagmati river, which breached its embankment and inundated nearly 200 villages in Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts, has started to recede. Officials have intensified rescue work to help the 200,000 people affected by the flood.

August 3rd, 2009 PATNA - An MP of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal (United) Monday demanded removal of state Water Resources Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav following a breach in the embankment of Bagmati river in Sitamarhi district which inundated nearly 200 villages and affected over 200,00 people. "The state water resources minister must be removed for his failure to protect the newly constructed embankment and the breach in it that badly put thousands of people in distress," Ejaz Ali, a Rajya Sabha MP of the party, said.

August 2nd, 2009 PATNA - Thousands of people have been rendered homeless in Bihar's Sitamarhi district after the Bagmati river breached its embankment, flooding nearly 200 villages. Those stranded in villages are living under the open skies without food and drinking water, waiting to be rescued.

August 2nd, 2009 PATNA - A day after a breach in the embankment of Bagmati river in Bihar's Sitamarhi district flooded nearly 200 villages and left nearly 100,000 people homeless, the political blame game has begun with the opposition Sunday holding Chief Minister Nitish Kumar responsible for the floods. "The breach in the Bagmati embankment was the result of the state government's negligence.

August 1st, 2009 PATNA - At least one woman was drowned as nearly 200 villages were flooded in Bihar's Sitamarhi district after the Bagmati river breached its embankment early Saturday, officials said. Many villages in the state's Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga districts were also inundated.

August 1st, 2009 PATNA - At least one woman was drowned as more than 100 villages were flooded in Bihar's Sitamarhi district after the Bagmati river breached its embankment early Saturday, officials said. Many villages in the state's Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga districts were also inundated.

July 28th, 2009 PATNA - A record water discharge into the Kosi river from Nepal has revived fears of a repeat of last year's devastating floods in Bihar. The state government has sounded a high alert as the increasing water levels pose a threat to the river's embankment, officials said Tuesday.

July 7th, 2009 PATNA - The work is in progress on the eroded embankment of the river Kosi in Madhubani district of Bihar. The half-a-kilometre erosion has taken place even before monsoon showers have touched the river.

July 1st, 2009 PATNA - The fear of a repeat of last year's devastating floods is haunting thousands of people in Bihar following a record water discharge into the Kosi river from Nepal that is posing a threat to its embankment, officials said Wednesday. In view of the panic among people in Supaul, Madhepura, Purnea, Saharsa and Araria districts, the state government has alerted engineers associated with the Kosi embankment and asked them to keep a close watch round-the-clock, an official of the water resources department said.

March 22nd, 2009 TIRUCHIRAPALLI - Security at Tiruchirapalli airport was tightened on Saturday after a message was received at Kolkata airport threatening bombs explosions at airports in Southern India. A city police team was deployed along with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) within the airport complex.

March 18th, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoist guerrillas set ablaze 25 tractors belonging to a private company constructing an embankment in a Bihar village, police said Wednesday. The incident took place Tuesday night in Adalpur village in flood-prone Sheohar district.

February 24th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Bihar's Central Water Commission (CWC) authorities have asked Nepal's government to provide security after protesters forced work on repairing the flood-damaged Kosi embankment to stop. The CWC Monday sent a letter to the district authorities of Sunsari, the southern area along the India-Nepal border where floods created havoc last monsoon, asking for security after the people displaced by the Kosi river stepped up protests.

January 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - The police have tightened security around popular comedian Raju Shrivastava after he received threat calls from Pakistan for making fun of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the entertainer's manager said here Friday. 'Over a month ago, Raju received several threatening calls.

December 31st, 2008 CHENNAI - Security has been tightened at all the venues for the forthcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas following threats from the Deccan Mujahideen to repeat the Mumbai-style terrorist attacks during the function, a senior police official said Thursday. 'The email bearing the threat was sent to Chief Minister M.