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  Gangaa: Ganga enrolled in school, teacher makes her peal peas!

  Bollywood | July 29, 2015 23:58 IST

  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

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  Shivraj Singh Chouhan is as holy as river Ganga: BJP leader

  Politics | July 12, 2015 20:56 IST

  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

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  Strict action against factories polluting Ganga: Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | July 02, 2015 21:51 IST

  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

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  Water ministry urges not to extend OCMS installation deadline

  India | June 16, 2015 18:45 IST

  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

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  PM Modi for involving spiritual leaders in 'Swachh Bharat' mission

  Politics | June 11, 2015 17:40 IST

  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

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  Will seek Murli Manohar Joshi's guidance on cleaning Ganga: Uma Bharti

  Politics | June 06, 2015 6:54 IST

  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

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  Ganga can't be cleaned in 50 years: Murali Manohar Joshi

  Politics | June 05, 2015 20:40 IST

  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

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  Namami Gange project should be stopped: Ashok Singhal

  Politics | May 28, 2015 14:56 IST

  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

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  Uma Bharti to spend 3-4 days a week on banks of Ganga

  India | May 19, 2015 23:34 IST

  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

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  Centre approves Rs 20,000-cr budget for Namami Ganga scheme

  Politics | May 13, 2015 18:27 IST

  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

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  UP Labour Minister's daughter feared drowned in Ganga in Rishikesh

  India | May 11, 2015 12:33 IST

  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

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  Over Rs.6 lakh crore needed to clean Ganga: Experts

  India | May 08, 2015 18:08 IST

  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

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  Mission Prabhughat: A volunteer-driven campaign for cleansing Varanasi ghats

  India | April 02, 2015 19:31 IST

  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

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  Two-thirds of sewage from towns flows into Ganga

  India | March 13, 2015 12:22 IST

  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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  Varanasi widows break tradition, play Holi on the banks of Ganga

  India | February 21, 2015 13:56 IST

  Varanasi: It turned out to be a different and memorable on Friday for hundreds of widows in this temple town as their white attire was smeared in different hues when they, for the first time,

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  Stop polluting Ganga or face shut down, National Green Tribunal warns tanneries

  India | January 21, 2015 14:57 IST

  Kanpur: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sternly warned tannery industries in Kanpur that it will have them shut down if they fail to stop polluting Ganga.There are 700 tanneries in Kanpur and this city

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  Mayawati demands CBI probe into recovery of bodies from Ganga

  Politics | January 15, 2015 16:03 IST

  Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati today demanded a CBI investigation into the recovery of over 100 bodies from river Ganga in Unnao district over the past few days.  “People of the state are terrified and most

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  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

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  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

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  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