Yamuna River
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Yamuna cleaning: NGT slaps Rs 50,000 fine on Centre, Delhi govt
India | Aug 23, 2017, 04:00 PM ISTA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar passed the order after counsels of the MoEF and the Delhi government failed to appear before it and no report was placed on record.
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Janmashtami: Know why river Yamuna is important in Lord Krishna's life
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NGT seeks report on cattle blood flowing into Yamuna
India | May 29, 2017, 07:43 PM ISTThe directions came during the hearing of a plea of the religious grouping, Ojasvi party, which has approached the green panel against the pollution caused to the Yamuna river due to slaughter of cattle.
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Delhi government to develop five-km riverfront along Yamuna river
Oct 25, 2016, 06:12 PM ISTThe Delhi government today said that it will develop five kilometres of riverfront along the Yamuna river.
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AoL’s three-day festival ‘completely destroyed’ Yamuna floodplains, expert panel informs NGT
India | Aug 17, 2016, 12:18 PM ISTAn expert committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has concluded that Art of Living’s (AoL) three-day ‘World Culture Festival’ on the Yamuna flood plains earlier this year ‘completely destroyed’ the riverbed.
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Sri Sri event: NGT asks AOL to pay Rs 25 lakh today, rest amount in 3 weeks
India | Mar 11, 2016, 05:21 PM ISTArt of Living (AOL) today told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it will not be able to deposit Rs 5 crore fine by 5 pm imposed on it by the tribunal for organising the World Culture Festival on Yamuna bank.
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3-day World Culture Festival begins today; Sri Sri may pay Rs 5 cr fine by evening
India | Mar 11, 2016, 10:33 AM ISTWorld Culture Festival (WCF), a 3-day jamboree to mark 35 years of spiritual guru Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AoL), begins on the banks of the Yamuna today with reports suggesting that the organisation appears to be softening its stance after i
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Opposition criticises government for deploying Army at World Cultural Festival
National | Mar 09, 2016, 12:37 PM ISTThe opposition on Wednesday criticised the government in the Rajya Sabha for using Army personnel for a three-day World Cultural Festival being organised by Art of Living on the Yamuna floodplains here.
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Under fire, Art of Living moots biodiversity reserve at Yamuna River bank
India | Mar 08, 2016, 10:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of their three-day ‘World Cultural Festival', Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living has today said that the bank of the Yamuna River should be made into a biodiversity reserve so that
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Rs 5000 fine on those throwing waste, puja offerings in Yamuna
India | Sep 20, 2015, 09:52 AM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of the festive season, Delhi government has decided to strictly impose a fine of Rs5,000 on those spotted polluting the Yamuna by throwing waste or puja offerings in it.National Green Tribunal (NGT)
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In spirit of cooperation, centre and Delhi plan single agency for Yamuna
India | Sep 14, 2015, 11:10 AM ISTNew Delhi: Even as they spar over jurisdiction, there are signs of cooperation as the union and Delhi governments are to create a single agency to clean up Yamuna river - which accounts for 70
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Yamuna pollution threatens Taj: parliamentary panel
India | Jul 26, 2015, 05:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over pollution affecting the Taj Mahal and linked it to the polluted Yamuna river that flows along the monument in Agra.The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and
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Panel on Yamuna restoration suggests ban on use of fresh water
India | Jun 28, 2015, 09:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: A committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal has suggested that use of fresh water should be prohibited and made an offence in order to maintain the minimum environmental flow of Yamuna river.The
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Yamuna restoration: NGT asks committee to determine flow
India | Jun 14, 2015, 12:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has directed a principal committee, constituted by it, to hold a meeting to determine the environmental flow of Yamuna from Hatnikhund barrage in Haryana up to Agra in Uttar
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National Green Tribunal Issues Notices to Builders for Construction on Yamuna Flood Plains
India | Jun 09, 2015, 08:09 AM ISTAgra: National Green Tribunal has issued notices to 15 builders and sought their response on alleged construction of multi-storeyed buildings on Yamuna flood plains.The builders have been asked to file affidavits by July 28 with
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Yamuna activists to protest in Delhi
India | Jan 10, 2015, 11:00 AM ISTAgra/Mathura: Green activists plan to stage protests in the National Capital Feb 1 to demand that the Narendra Modi government act fast to clean up the highly polluted Yamuna river.The activists say that Modi government
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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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Government plans Yamuna waterway between Delhi and Agra
India | Dec 04, 2014, 09:11 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Central government on Wednesday said it is holding talks with a Netherlands-based agency to work out a technical report on developing the infrastructure on the Yamuna river to facilitate goods and passenger
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Chhath Puja concludes with morning 'arghya'
India | Oct 30, 2014, 07:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: Lakhs of devotees today offered the morning ‘arghya' to the rising Sun at various ghats in several cities including Patna, Ranchi, Delhi and Mumbai.The four-day long festival of Chhath that commenced with 'nahai-khai'
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Yamuna to be focus of World Rivers Day functions in Braj
India | Sep 26, 2014, 04:11 PM ISTAgra/Mathura: The problems of the Yamuna and other Indian rivers will again be in focus on the annual World Rivers Day as the people of Braj Mandal join millions around the world in the 10th