New Delhi: Varanasi police have invoked National Security Act (NSA) against jailed Congress MLA Ajay Rai for his involvement in the violence that took place during the Anyay Pratikar Yatra in the city on October
Varanasi: A section of Muslim community in Varanasi has said they will not immerse their tazia in Ganga river in the upcoming Muharram festival and will adhere to the high court's ban order for immersion
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Friday asked the government to "tell one place" where the Ganga is clean and said that despite spending huge sums, the situation has gone from bad to worse.Expressing
Kanpur: Two persons died and nine including four children and three women were missing after a boat carrying 12 onboard capsized in Ganga while during the immersion of a Ganesha idol in Kanpur on Thursday evening.The
Mumbai: Stating that India spends around Rs 3 lakh crore every year on defending its borders, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today called for "self dependence" and need for indigenous efforts with regards to ammunition supply
New Delhi: Fitted with powerful cameras, Special Purpose Aircraft may soon fly over the Ganga to survey the river as it courses through five states for a geospatial mapping of its basin to rid it
New Delhi: After facing many hurdles, Gangaa has finally enrolled in the school to get the education. But, the sweet girl doesn't have books to study but instead she is peeling peas (matar) in the
Bhopal: Voicing confidence that Shivraj Singh Chouhan will come out unscathed in the Vyapam probe, BJP's Madhya Pradesh unit president Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan today said the chief minister is "as holy as the river
Dehradun: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the Centre will take stringent action against the factories which are responsible for polluting Ganga and several methods are being prepared to conserve the river.Speaking at the
New Delhi: The Water Resources Ministry today urged Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar not to extend the June 30 deadline for installing real-time monitoring of effluents by the polluting industries along Ganga river basin.In a letter
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today directed central government departments concerned with the ‘Clean India' mission to coordinate with states which are lagging in toilet construction, and suggested involving spiritual leaders to create awareness
Jaipur: Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Friday said she would seek Murli Manohar Joshi's views to remove shortcomings in the 'Namami Gange' programme after he questioned the project and asserted that it would be
Varanasi: Toeing a line different from his party-led government on ambitious ‘Namami Gange' programme, senior BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi today said Ganga can't be cleaned even in next 50 years they way the project
New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal has said that the Namami Gange project should be stopped as the Narendra Modi government is only wasting money in the name of cleaning the water of
Haridwar: To ensure effective implementation of the first phase of Ganga rehabilitation programme, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today said she has decided to spend 3-4 days a week on the banks of the
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved a massive Rs 20,000 crore budget for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet ‘Namami Gange Programme' for the next five years, which is a five-fold increase over the money
Lucknow/Rishikesh: Body of 22-year-old Adeeba Shahid, daughter of Uttar Pradesh's Labour and Employment Minister Shahid Manzoor, has not been recovered yet from the Ganga river where she drowned on Sunday, police said.She was on a
New Delhi: A capital expenditure of over Rs.600,000 crore (approx $100 bn) is needed to cleanse river Ganga of the sewage, industrial effluents and solid waste that is thrown into the river, say experts.The Ganga
Varanasi: Temsutula Imsong, who belongs to Nagaland, has embarked on a unique initiative that is gaining momentum with each passing day.The campaign started by Temsutula and some of her other enthusiastic friends is known as
New Delhi: No-matter how much PM Narendra Modi works on Ganga cleaning project but until authorities don't wake up, nothing can be done.In about 118 towns located in the Ganga river basin, more than two-thirds
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