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Water crisis in Delhi as UP fixes breach in canal


Various areas in East and South Delhi today faced water shortage as Uttar Pradesh cut raw water supp...

Ganga canal closed after breach found


Farming in several districts in Uttar Pradesh was affected after the Ganga canal was closed for thre...

Varanasi citizens file FIRs against polluting Ganga


In a first, citizens of Varanasi Friday lodged police complaints against "unknown" people for pollut...

Varanasi citizens file FIRs against polluting Gang


In a first, citizens of Varanasi Friday lodged police complaints against "unknown" people for pollut...

Ensure 51% free flow in Ganga, Yamuna: Experts


Experts, environmentalists and spiritual leaders Thursday demanded that the government should ensure...

Muzaffarnagar acid attack: Police arrest two perso


The police on Friday arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the Muzaffarnagar acid at...

Doctors restore eyesight of UP acid attack victim


Doctors at a city hospital have been able to bring substantial improvement in the eyesight of a 26-y...

Ganga Ram Hospital to provide free treatment to acid victim


A city-based private hospital will provide free treatment to a young woman who has suffered severe b...

Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife


A local court in Uttarakhand has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry...

Twenty drowned in UP


Twenty people drowned in separate incidents in Kanpur, Siddharth Nagar, Kaushambi and Azamgarh distr...

10 feared drowned in Bihar boat tragedy


Ten persons were feared drowned and many others missing when a country boat capsized in the Ganga in...

Parliament concerned over river pollution


The government on Monday promised to ensure that no domestic effluents go into Ganga and Yamuna as m...

Devotees in Kolkata throng Ganga to celebrate Maha Shivratri


Maha Shivratri was celebrated in the eastern metropolis here Sunday with hymns, chants and fasts as ...

Lakhs take holy dip on Maha Shivratri


Lakhs of devotees on Sunday thronged the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati here for...

Priyanka Gandhi discharged after surgery


Priyanka Gandhi, who underwent a surgery for removal of stones in gall bladder, was discharged from ...

Ganga, Yamuna losing dolphins


The major habitats of aquatic life in the Ganga, Yamuna and Ghagra rivers in Uttar Pradesh are criti...

Rains, spate in Ganga send Kumbh officials into a tizzy


After incessant rains that turned the Kumbh mela site into a swamp, rising waters of the Ganga and Y...

Rains, spate in Ganga send Kumbh officials into a tizzy


After incessant rains that turned the Kumbh mela site into a swamp, rising waters of the Ganga and Y...

At Kumbh, call to make Ganga your valentine


Marking Valentine`s Day, several spiritual leaders on Thursday urged people at the Kumbh Mela here t...

Azam blames Uttarakhand for pollution of Ganga


UP minister Mohammad Azam Khan blamed successive governments in Uttarakhand for pollution in river G...

Colombian docufilm presents Ganges in new light


The ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela described often as the "greatest show on earth" across the world has bee...

Liberated scavengers to take part in Kumbh Mela rituals


Around 100 former scavenger women from Rajsthan`s Alwar and Tonk districts would get an opportunity ...

Japanese national`s bag stolen on train


The bag of a Japanese tourist was stolen when he was going by train from Jaipur to Haridwar to take ...

Maha Kumbh: HC asks UP to release 3,500 cusecs water in Ganga


Allahabad High Court directed the UP government to release 3,500 cusecs of water prior to the main b...

Kumbh pilgrims pay homage to Ganga on Republic Day


More than 1,000 people will march to celebrate India`s Republic Day on the banks of the Ganga at the...

Bihar govt agency to construct Ganga Expressway


After failed attempts to attract private investors for the Ganga Expressway project along the banks ...

Advani concerned over pollution in Ganga


Concerned over pollution in country`s rivers, including the sacred Ganga, BJP leader LK Advani has a...

Kumbh Mela: PMO warns firms not to pollute rivers


Ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, PMO has given directions to control pollution levels in G...

Uttarakhand to stop untreated water flows into Gan


Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has announced that by 2013 untreated water will stop flowi...

Advani gives credit to Rajiv Gandhi for Ganga cleaning project


BJP leader LK Advani on Monday gave credit to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for initiating a pr...

Delhi rape victim`s ashes immersed in river Ganga


Ashes of the Delhi gang-rape victim were on Tuesday immersed in the river Ganga at Bharauli ghat her...

Seer fasting for Ganga cause force-fed


Save Ganga activist Swami Poornanand had been on an indefinite fast since December 10.

Impact of Ganga Action Plan should be visible to all: Parliamentary panel


Noting that huge resources have been spent under various schemes for cleaning the Ganga river so far...

UP govt to clean up river Ganga ahead of Maha Kumbh Mela


The UP government has issued directions for shutting down industrial units that discharge pollutants...

Priyanka Gandhi, Brinda Karat pledge to donate organs


Priyanka Gandhi and Brinda Karat were among 500-odd people from different walks of life who on Wedne...

Uma blames Centre, state governments for Ganga pollution


BJP leader Uma Bharti Sunday said she will continue to work for making the holy river pollution-fre...

South Korean tourist drowns in Ganga


A South Korean tourist drowned in the Ganga near Munshi Ghat on Monday.

Second leg of Uma Bharti`s Ganga Yatra to start in Dec


BJP leader Uma Bharti Monday said the second leg of her `Ganga Yatra`, being organised to make the G...

Dwaraka Shankaracharya demands law to preserve Ganga


Government’s failure to initiate measures to check pollution in river Ganga, Shankracharya of Dwarak...

Devotees offer `Arghya` to ascending Sun God


Lakhs of devotees on Tuesday congregated at various ghats of the Ganga River.

5,000 clean toilets to come up along Ganga basin


Around 5,000 zero waste, "bio-digester" toilets will soon be coming up in villages along the 2,500-k...

India to miss two eclipses this month


In a rare celestial treat for astronomers, the world will witness two eclipses within a gap of just ...

Idol immersion further polluting Ganga water


The State Pollution Control Board in Bihar would conduct a test of the Ganga water to ascertain leve...

Ganga water can cause cancer: Study


The river Ganga, lifeline to millions of Indians and the most holy river to Hindus, has become a sou...

Three drowned, 6 missing as boat capsizes


Three persons drowned on Thursday when a boat carrying over 24 people capsized in the river Ganga in...

Maintenance work of Ganga canal to affect water supply


Water supply to Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad will be affected from October 15 due to maintenance work ...

`Like Ram temple, BJP trying to politicise Ganga river issue`


Ganga Mukti Sangram, an organisation of saints and seers, accused the BJP of politicising Ganga rive...

J&K: Fourth annual pilgrimage to Gangabal begins


The fourth annual yatra to the holy lake of Gangabal located in Harmukh mountain ranges in Kashmir v...

Uma Bharti kicks off `Ganga Samagra Yatra`


BJP leader Uma Bharti on Friday kicked off her `Ganga Samagra Yatra` from Ganga Sagar, the place in ...

Uma Bharati dares West Bengal govt


Denied permission by WB govt to hold any rally to mark the start of `Ganga Samagra Yatra`, BJP leade...