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`Polluted stretch of Yamuna has gone up to 600 km`

The Central pollution Control Board has confirmed that the total polluted stretch of the Yamuna rive...

19 years on, water woes continue to haunt Taj city

Nineteen years after many people died in a water tragedy that struck the Taj city, residents of Agra...

`Despite investments, pollution in Ganga, Yamuna up`

Despite efforts and "huge investments", pollution level in Ganga and Yamuna continues to increase.

Yamuna clean-up operation begins in Taj city

The Agra district authorities have begun an exercise to clean up the Yamuna, fearing Supreme Court a...

SC seeks information on Yamuna cleaning project

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and the governments of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Prades...

Five killed as car plunges into canal at Baraut

Five persons from Delhi were killed while returning from a marriage when their car plunged into the...

HC seeks MCD`s reply on idol immersion in Yamuna

The Delhi HC today asked the MCD to explain as to why it failed to construct special permanent enc...

Devotees take holy dip in Yamuna River

A large number of men, women and children today took a holy dip in the river Yamuna near Sonepat o...

Two arrested for illegal mining activities

Acting on a tip off, District Mining Officer, Yamunanagar, on Sunday carried out searches in Asra ...

Japan helping India clean Yamuna: Natarajan

Japan international Co-operation Agency has agreed to provide a loan of 32,571 mn yen to the Governm...

50 pilgrims taken ill after drinking Yamuna water

The pilgrims started vomiting after drinking the polluted river water.

Delhi govt promises to rush growth in trans-Yamuna

Delhi Government will expedite pace of development in trans-Yamuna localities and infrastructure o...

One dead, 3 others injured as miscreants open fire

A 60-year-old man was killed and three others seriously injured after assailants opened fire at th...

Three drown in Yamuna

Three people, including a five-year-old boy, drowned in Yamuna river during the immersion of Lord Ga...

Yamuna below danger mark in Delhi

The water level came down to 204.66 metres somewhat below the danger mark of 204.83 metres early Sat...

Yamuna continues to flow above danger level in Del

6,22,000 cusecs of water was released from Hathini Kund dam on Tuesday.

Yamuna level rising in Delhi

Around 6,22,000 cusecs of water was released from Hathini Kund, resulting in a serious flood-like si...

Yamuna expected to cross danger level

Fearing a flood-like situation, the city Government appealed to people living in low-lying areas to...

Rains lash Uttar Pradesh, Yamuna fills up

Moderate to heavy rains lashed several districts of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The Yamuna river next...

CISF trooper kills lover, self at Metro station

A CISF constable allegedly shot dead a lady constable at the Yamuna Bank Metro Station in east Delhi...

UP: Yamuna Expressway CEO shifted

The Mayawati govt removed Yamnua Expressway Industrial Development Authority CEO Santosh Kumar Dwiwe...

Four CMs keep away from Yamuna meet

A meeting on Tuesday of the Upper Yamuna Review Committee, responsible for ensuring better utilisa...

Water level of Ganga, Yamuna rivers rise

Water level of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers is on the rise following heavy rains in the area but au...

Yamuna swells in Delhi as Haryana releases water

A day after thousands of cuses of water was released into the Yamuna from the Hathni Kund Barrage in...

Through ponds, Agra to clean up Yamuna river

UP officials have devised a novel method to clean up the highly-polluted Yamuna river: excavate 10 p...

Haryana: 639 polluting industrial units closed

Cracking the whip, the Haryana government ordered the closure of 639 industrial units in 2010-11 for...

Taj battles man and nature for survival

The crisis the Taj confronts comes not merely from nature & pollution but also from people themselve...

Anticipating farmer agitation, security in Mathura villages

To nip in the bud any farmer agitation along the Yamuna Expressway in Mat and Mahaban tehsils of t...

After accident, Yamunanagar district to regulate traffic

Springing into action after a road accident killed 12 people, including eight college students, the ...

12 killed in bus-truck mishap in Haryana

Twelve people, including eight students and two lecturers of a private institute of management, we...

Two minors drown in Yamuna

Two minors drowned in the Yamuna river while taking a bath at Vishram Ghat in Janpad area, police s...

Five family members murdered

Five members of a family, including two women, were on Saturday murdered by some unidentified men in...

Haryana asks UP to restore its share of water of Yamuna

Haryana has asked Uttar Pradesh to immediately restore state’s "legitimate" share in Yamuna river wa...

Save Yamuna campaign: March reaches Vrindavan

The march to save the Yamuna started March 2 from Sangam - the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna.

Rs 1,656 cr Yamuna Action Plan-III likely to be approved soon

The government is likely to give its approval soon for the ambitious Rs 1,656 crore Yamuna Action Pl...

`Taj in danger from dry Yamuna`

In the memorandum presented to the President, the delegation made a demand for a barrage on Yamuna.

Stop passing the buck on Yamuna: Jairam

Jairam asks Delhi, Haryana Govts to take steps to clean Yamuna river, which is full of filth & waste...

Yamuna, only filth and waste: Jairam

There is "no water" in the river Yamuna and all we see is waste dumped by the industrial units of H...

Boy drowned in Delhi after Holi celebrations

A teenager drowned to death in the national capital this afternoon while he was taking bath in rive...

1,500cr spent on Yamuna but no results: Khurana

Former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana on Tuesday alleged that more than Rs 1,500 crore had...

DDA supports DTC millennium bus depot built on Yamuna bank

DDA on Wednesday told the high court that the world`s largest bus depot, built on the Yamuna river ...

Ascetics highlight Yamuna pollution to President

More than 100 Vaishnavite ascetics from Maharashtra have requested President Pratibha Patil to help ...

Taj in real danger from dry polluted Yamuna

Experts in the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) have all along been downplaying the threats from ...

Movement to save the Yamuna gains momentum

Thousands of locals and high priests of the temples in Mathura are campaigning for a clean Yamuna.

Supreme Court asks report on level of pollution in Yamuna

Supreme Court directed the Central Pollution Control Board to examine the sample of Yamuna water.

Hundreds of ascetics march to save Yamuna

Hundreds of sadhus (ascetics) and Lord Krishna devotees from Mathura have left for Allahabad to begi...

Kalindi Kunj Yamuna Bridge to be widened to 8 lanes

The Kalindi Kunj Yamuna Bridge, connecting Noida with Delhi, will now be widened from four to eigh...

Farmers arm-twist admin, secure release of arrested leader

Deputy Chief Executive Officer RK Singh and Deputy Collector SP Singh were released in the morning a...

MCD plans to use treated sewage water for parks

The MCD has unveiled a new plan to use treated sewage water for greening parks in the city, a sche...

Several areas in the capital face water shortage

Several areas across the city faced water shortage after two major water treatment plants in the ci...

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