Narmada River

A teenager, his mother and sister drowned in the Narmada river after he started sinking and the other two jumped in to save him in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district on Wednesday, police said.

Train traffic on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route resumed slowly around Monday noon nearly 12 hours after it was halted when the Narmada river was flowing above the danger mark between Bharuch and Ankleshwar stations in Gujarat, Western Railway said.

Heavy rain lashed many parts of Gujarat on Sunday, flooding low-lying areas and cutting off several villages as Narmada and other rivers are in full spate, following which 9,600 people were shifted to safety and 207 others rescued in five districts.

In what is being seen as a bid to take some of the sheen off the BJP's Hindutva credentials ahead of the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress is planning to launch a massive campaign to conserve the sacred Narmada river.

Unable to repay loan, a farmer and his wife allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, police said on Wednesday.

Two youths, including the son of former BJP district rural president Shiv Patel drowned to death in river Narmada in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.

A 'boat ambulance' initiative has been started with the aim to provide better health services to tribal population living on the banks of Narmada river in the districts of Dhar, Alirajpur and Barwani in Madhya Pradesh.

A couple jumped to their deaths in a canal with their five children in Rajasthan's Jalore district on Wednesday, police said.

PM Modi said that "urban Naxals and anti-development elements" having political backing had stalled the construction of Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada river in Gujarat for many years by running a campaign claiming that it would harm the environment.

A group of villagers in Madhya Pradesh tied a man's body to a floating rubber tube to cross the flooded Narmada river to reach their village, as the connecting road was closed following incessant rain.

The world's largest floating solar project is set to be built on river Narmada as the Madhya Pradesh government signed a contract for the first phase of the project on Thursday.

The Maharashtra state transport bus driver's attempt to overtake resulted in the vehicle plunging into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh, in which 13passengers were killed earlier this week, police said on Friday.

At least 13 people died and 15 were rescued when a Maharashtra government bus plunged into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh.

An 18-year-old woman drowned in Narmada river near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday while trying to take a selfie, while two other persons, including a teenage boy, went missing after they jumped in to save her, police said.

A 32-year-old man jumped into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district with his minor son and daughter following a quarrel with his wife, police said on Saturday, adding the man survived the suicide bid but the children died.

A teenager, his mother and sister drowned in the Narmada river after he started sinking and the other two jumped in to save him in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district on Wednesday, police said.

Train traffic on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route resumed slowly around Monday noon nearly 12 hours after it was halted when the Narmada river was flowing above the danger mark between Bharuch and Ankleshwar stations in Gujarat, Western Railway said.

Heavy rain lashed many parts of Gujarat on Sunday, flooding low-lying areas and cutting off several villages as Narmada and other rivers are in full spate, following which 9,600 people were shifted to safety and 207 others rescued in five districts.

In what is being seen as a bid to take some of the sheen off the BJP's Hindutva credentials ahead of the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress is planning to launch a massive campaign to conserve the sacred Narmada river.

Unable to repay loan, a farmer and his wife allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, police said on Wednesday.

Two youths, including the son of former BJP district rural president Shiv Patel drowned to death in river Narmada in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.

A 'boat ambulance' initiative has been started with the aim to provide better health services to tribal population living on the banks of Narmada river in the districts of Dhar, Alirajpur and Barwani in Madhya Pradesh.

A couple jumped to their deaths in a canal with their five children in Rajasthan's Jalore district on Wednesday, police said.

PM Modi said that "urban Naxals and anti-development elements" having political backing had stalled the construction of Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada river in Gujarat for many years by running a campaign claiming that it would harm the environment.

A group of villagers in Madhya Pradesh tied a man's body to a floating rubber tube to cross the flooded Narmada river to reach their village, as the connecting road was closed following incessant rain.

The world's largest floating solar project is set to be built on river Narmada as the Madhya Pradesh government signed a contract for the first phase of the project on Thursday.

The Maharashtra state transport bus driver's attempt to overtake resulted in the vehicle plunging into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh, in which 13passengers were killed earlier this week, police said on Friday.

At least 13 people died and 15 were rescued when a Maharashtra government bus plunged into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh.

An 18-year-old woman drowned in Narmada river near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday while trying to take a selfie, while two other persons, including a teenage boy, went missing after they jumped in to save her, police said.

A 32-year-old man jumped into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district with his minor son and daughter following a quarrel with his wife, police said on Saturday, adding the man survived the suicide bid but the children died.