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  • 104 bodies found in ganga probe ordered

    104 bodies found in Ganga, probe ordered

    India | January 14, 2015 19:25 IST

    Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday ordered a probe after over 100 bodies were found in a channel of the Ganga in Unnao district, an official said.Thirty bodies were recovered from the river's channel till

  • fifty more bodies found in the ganga river in unnao

    Fifty more bodies found in the Ganga river in Unnao

    India | January 14, 2015 12:51 IST

    Unnao: Fifty more bodies were today recovered from the river Ganga in Safipur area of the district even as sanitation workers of Nagar Palikas have refused to further take them out from the river.So far

  • up village could have possible harappan link

    UP village could have possible Harappan link

    India | January 12, 2015 11:09 IST

    Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh): When brick kiln workers stumbled upon human skeletal remains at Chandayan village, some 100 km from Delhi, no one had any inkling that it could be the first ever habitation from the

  • 2 railway bridges in bihar could be opened in 3 months

    2 railway bridges in Bihar could be opened in 3 months: Manoj Sinha

    India | January 12, 2015 7:55 IST

    Darbhanga (Bihar):  Two rail-cum-road bridges over the Ganga in Bihar could be made operational in three months if the state government provides approach roads, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said here today.  “The

  • don t pollute ganga says modi

    Don't pollute Ganga, says Modi

    Politics | January 06, 2015 17:19 IST

    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday made a public appeal to not pollute the Ganga river while calling for a "time-bound, swift action and single-minded focus to ensure it is made pollution-free".Presiding over a

  • thousands take holy dip in sangam as magh mela begins

    Thousands take holy dip in Sangam as Magh Mela begins

    India | January 05, 2015 11:06 IST

    Allahabad: Braving the winter chill, thousands of Hindu devotees Monday took the holy dip at the Sangam (the confluence of the three rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati) on the first day of the 44-day long

  • ganga will transform in five years prakash javadekar

    Ganga will transform in five years: Prakash Javadekar

    Politics | January 04, 2015 8:34 IST

    Indore: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday expressed confidence that under the Centre's 'Clean Ganga' campaign, the river will become clean and its flow will be unhindered in the next five years."The Clean Ganga

  • mission ganga rejuvenation uma bharti to meet up government

    Mission Ganga Rejuvenation: Uma Bharti to meet UP government today

    Politics | December 20, 2014 7:28 IST

    New Delhi: Union Minister Uma Bharti will meet with the Uttar Pradesh government today to seek cooperation in her pledge to clean Ganga and the Sangam in years, as she has vowed.Uma Bharti, a senior

  • survey of india to soon map ganga river

    Survey of India to soon map Ganga river

    India | December 16, 2014 17:37 IST

    New Delhi: The Survey of India would soon begin work to map and survey Ganga river at an estimated cost of Rs 542 crore that will determine the sources of pollution along its basin, a

  • will clean up ganga in three years uma bharti

    Will clean up Ganga in three years: Uma Bharti

    Politics | December 14, 2014 23:44 IST

    Allahabad: Union Minister Uma Bharti today asserted that the Centre was committed to cleaning up Ganga within three years even as she voiced dismay over the extent of pollution after an inspection here saying the

  • uma bharti defends expenditure on ganga meet

    Uma Bharti defends expenditure on Ganga meet

    Politics | November 07, 2014 16:52 IST

    New Delhi:  Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti today defended the expenditure of nearly Rs 44 lakh on a Clean Ganga meeting here, saying the money went to a government agency for organising the event and

  • world famous sonepur cattle fair begins today

    World famous 'Sonepur Cattle Fair' begins today

    India | November 05, 2014 13:46 IST

    Patna: The world famous Sonepur Cattle Fair is beginning from today in Bihar.The mela is held every year on ‘Kartik Poornima' (full moon) in the month of November in Sonepur on the confluence of river

  • govt to form teams to identify source of ganga pollution

    Govt to form teams to identify source of Ganga pollution

    India | November 02, 2014 11:38 IST

    New Delhi: Expediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project of cleansing the Ganga, the Centre will constitute 25 special teams to check the source of pollution of the holy river so that further action could

  • uma bharati to inspect tomorrow 25 drains falling into ganga

    Uma Bharati to inspect tomorrow 25 drains falling into Ganga

    Politics | October 30, 2014 20:26 IST

    New Delh: As part of the Clean Ganga campaign, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati would inspect 25 major drains, which fall into the river at Kanpur tomorrow.Bharati's visit comes against the backdrop of her

  • jitan ram manjhi reviews preparations for chhath festival

    Jitan Ram Manjhi reviews preparations for Chhath festival

    India | October 26, 2014 13:44 IST

    Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today directed cleanliness and electricity supply at river embankments and related water bodies among various other measures for the two-day ‘Çhhath' festival next week.He also asked the officials

  • centre calls meeting of five states on ganga

    Centre calls meeting of five states on Ganga

    India | October 15, 2014 22:11 IST

    New Delhi: The central government has called a meeting of five states to stop the flow of untreated sewage water into the Ganga river, said a statement Wednesday.The decision to call for a meeting of

  • finding alternate ways for waste disposal key to clean

    Finding alternate ways for waste disposal key to clean Ganga: Netherlands

    India | October 01, 2014 10:53 IST

    Rotterdam:  As India gears up for the gigantic task of cleaning up the Ganges river, the Netherlands, which has vast experience in river rejuvenation, has suggested that finding alternate ways for waste disposal is key

  • gomti to be cleaned on lines of river ganga rajnath

    Gomti to be cleaned on lines of river Ganga: Rajnath

    Politics | September 30, 2014 15:04 IST

    Lucknow: Noting that the health of rivers is reflective of a country's condition, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today announced cleaning up of Gomti river here on the same lines as river Ganga.“Health of rivers

  • pm narendra modi calls for making rejuvenation of ganga a

    PM Narendra Modi calls for making rejuvenation of Ganga a mass movement

    India | September 12, 2014 7:18 IST

    New Delhi: Emphasising on the need to make Ganga rejuvenation a mass movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the first priority of this mission should be to stop fresh generation of pollutants.Chairing the first

  • more research needed to locate extinct sarswati river uma

    More research needed to locate extinct Sarswati river : Uma Bharti

    India | August 14, 2014 21:13 IST

    New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today stressed on the need for more research to locate the mythological Saraswati River.Speaking to group of scientists, archaeologists and research scholars here she said that an

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