Ganga
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Mayawati demands CBI probe into recovery of bodies from Ganga
National | Jan 15, 2015, 04:03 PM ISTLucknow: 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 | Jan 14, 2015, 07:25 PM ISTLucknow: 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 | Jan 14, 2015, 12:51 PM ISTUnnao: 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 | Jan 12, 2015, 11:09 AM ISTBaghpat (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
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2 railway bridges in Bihar could be opened in 3 months: Manoj Sinha
India | Jan 12, 2015, 07:55 AM ISTDarbhanga (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
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Don't pollute Ganga, says Modi
National | Jan 06, 2015, 05:19 PM ISTNew 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
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Thousands take holy dip in Sangam as Magh Mela begins
India | Jan 05, 2015, 11:06 AM ISTAllahabad: 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
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Ganga will transform in five years: Prakash Javadekar
National | Jan 04, 2015, 08:34 AM ISTIndore: 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
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Mission Ganga Rejuvenation: Uma Bharti to meet UP government today
National | Dec 20, 2014, 07:28 AM ISTNew 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
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Survey of India to soon map Ganga river
India | Dec 16, 2014, 05:37 PM ISTNew 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
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Will clean up Ganga in three years: Uma Bharti
National | Dec 14, 2014, 11:44 PM ISTAllahabad: 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
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Uma Bharti defends expenditure on Ganga meet
National | Nov 07, 2014, 04:52 PM ISTNew 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
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World famous 'Sonepur Cattle Fair' begins today
India | Nov 05, 2014, 01:46 PM ISTPatna: 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
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Govt to form teams to identify source of Ganga pollution
India | Nov 02, 2014, 11:38 AM ISTNew 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
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Uma Bharati to inspect tomorrow 25 drains falling into Ganga
National | Oct 30, 2014, 08:26 PM ISTNew 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
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Jitan Ram Manjhi reviews preparations for Chhath festival
India | Oct 26, 2014, 01:44 PM ISTPatna: 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
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Centre calls meeting of five states on Ganga
India | Oct 15, 2014, 10:11 PM ISTNew 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
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Finding alternate ways for waste disposal key to clean Ganga: Netherlands
India | Oct 01, 2014, 10:53 AM ISTRotterdam: 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
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Gomti to be cleaned on lines of river Ganga: Rajnath
National | Sep 30, 2014, 03:04 PM ISTLucknow: 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
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PM Narendra Modi calls for making rejuvenation of Ganga a mass movement
India | Sep 12, 2014, 07:18 AM ISTNew 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