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  Centre to launch 'Jal Gram' scheme next year: Uma Bharati

  Politics | November 23, 2014 6:42 IST

  New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati on Saturday said that the Centre will launch the Jal Gram (Water Village) Scheme in 2015."There will be one Gram (village) in every district, which will be

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  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

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  Mulling Varanasi branch of central water research station: Uma Bharati

  Politics | November 06, 2014 11:58 IST

  Varanasi: The Central government is mulling a proposal for opening a branch of the Central Water and Power Research Station in Varanasi with a view to intensifying study and research on rivers in the region,

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  Maharashtra Polls: BJP has not forgotten Ram Temple issue: Bharti

  Politics | October 11, 2014 9:12 IST

  Aurangabad: BJP has not forgotten “forgotten” the issue, but has welcomed the decision of the High Court, party leader and Union minister Uma Bharti here today said.Bharti, who was here to campaign for Maharashtra assembly

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  Industries along Ganga should adopt self-regulatory measures: Uma

  Politics | October 09, 2014 7:25 IST

  New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said industries along the Ganga river can contribute a lot in the mission to clean the river by adopting self-regulatory measures to check pollution.Addressing a

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  Multiple measures to be used to clean Ganga: Minister

  Politics | October 07, 2014 20:40 IST

  New Delhi: Multiple measures, including short-term and long-term steps, would be employed to make river Ganga clean over the next three years, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati said today.  “The short-term measures would take

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  Will devote 300 hours annually to 'Swachh Bharat' mission: Uma

  Politics | October 02, 2014 18:38 IST

  Jhansi: Union Minister for Water Resource and local MP, Uma Bharti, today said she will devote 300 hours instead of 100 hours annually to the ‘Swachh Bharat' mission.  Taking part in the campaign at different

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  Rajnath, Uma launch 'clean Gomti' drive in Lucknow

  India | September 30, 2014 14:56 IST

  Lucknow: In a bid to make ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan' a grand success, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday pledged to rejuvenate the glory of Gomti river.Both the

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  Inter-linking rivers remains priority: Uma Bharti

  Politics | September 26, 2014 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: Inter-linking of rivers remains a priority for the Central government, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said on Friday.Bharti, addressing a press conference here on completion of her 100 days in the Water Resources

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  Bangladeshi foreign minister arrives in India

  India | September 18, 2014 20:38 IST

  New Delhi: Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali arrived here Thursday for a three-day state visit, the external Affairs ministry said.He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday."Ali will call on Modi at his

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  Bypolls result shouldn't be linked with Modi's popularity: Uma Bharti

  Politics | September 16, 2014 22:16 IST

  Dehradun: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti today said the reverses suffered by the party in assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat should not be linked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.  “Local factors

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  Uma Bharti launches website on Ganga rejuvenation

  India | September 12, 2014 23:34 IST

  New Delhi: Water Resource, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti Friday launched a website on the Ganga here to expedite people's involvement in the rejuvenation of the Hindu holy river, an official statement

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  It's mainly BJP-vs-SP in Uttar Pradesh

  Politics | September 11, 2014 15:58 IST

  Lucknow:  Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party and a confident BJP will be the main contenders in most of the 11 assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha seat where by-elections will be held Saturday.The Bharatiya

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  PM Narendra Modi exhorts citizens for Ganga 'seva'

  Politics | September 08, 2014 23:32 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday solicited the cooperation of all sections of society for "Ganga seva", while reiterating his call to turn rejuvenation of the Ganga river into a mass movement."Modi has called

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  Yamuna river needs to be cleaned, says Uma Bharti

  India | September 03, 2014 13:21 IST

  Mathura: Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti stressed on cleaning the Yamuna river during a surprise visit to the ghats here.The minister visited Mathura in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday when she changed her plan to go to

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  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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  Narendra Modi govt to get Saraswati, the vedic river, flowing again?

  India | August 13, 2014 6:34 IST

  New Delhi: Narendra Modi government has launched efforts to unravel the mystery of river 'Saraswati' mentioned in vedic texts.Replying to a ‘calling attention motion' moved by BJP member Rattan Lal Kataria in the Lok Sabha

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  BJP's river linking plan likely to get push

  Politics | July 27, 2014 14:16 IST

  New Delhi: BJP's ambitious proposal to link rivers across the country is set to get a push with the Water Resources Ministry being asked to prepare a future roadmap.  Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

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  No inter-linking projects in states not keen: Uma Bharti

  Politics | July 22, 2014 11:22 IST

  New Delhi: Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti Monday said river inter-linking projects will not be undertaken in states opposed to them and there will be justice with every state in water projects.Replying to debate on

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  All rivers as divine as Ganga, says Uma Bharti

  India | July 21, 2014 21:52 IST

  New Delhi: All rivers are divine and the government will not neglect any of them in its zeal to rejuvenate Ganga, Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti said in the