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Pakistani woman honey-traps 22-year-old Odisha youth into joining radical group; Shocked father says 'never thought my son could be anti-national'Sheikh Imran (22) from Bhubaneswar’s Ganga Nagar area was arrested by Delhi Police for alleged links with a radical group. He reportedly un...
Karma, climate and consequences: As the Char Dham Yatra reopens, a warming Himalaya reveals karma in its oldest public senseA road journey through Uttarakhand’s mountain towns reveals a deeper shift in both climate and pilgrimage. Unusual heat, felt by locals as ...
Government to celebrate Ganga Utsav next month"Keeping this in consideration, the activities, designed for the central and state levels, from November 1 to November 3 will be organised ...
Government to raise one battalion of Ganga Task ForceMinistry of Defence has agreed to raise one battalion of Ganga Task Force initially for monitoring the pollution through ex-servicemen livi...
Army of ex-servicemen to protect Ganga, patrol ghatsThe Indian Army is raising a battalion of 532 ex-servicemen named ‘Ganga Task Force’, including nine officers and 29 JCOs
Uma Bharti launches Ganga Gram programme to curb water pollutionCentre launched Ganga Gram programme in Uttar Pradesh that would treat sewage flow from 1,600 villages located along Ganga banks- in line w...
Indian Army roped in for Operation Clean GangaThe personnel would not only be making people aware about the clean Ganga but also to carry out plantation drive.
Floating bodies, funeral on banks main causes of Ganga pollution: ITBPHundreds of floating bodies of humans and animals, funeral on the banks and less flow of water in the mainstream are among the major causes...
- Action soon against industrial units polluting Ganga: Govt
Government has asked the pollution control boards to initiate action against industrial units discharging contaminated effluents in river G...
Action soon against industrial units polluting Ganga: GovernmentThe government has launched the ambitious 'Namami Ganga' programme to rejuvenate the river which was fully funded by the Centre.
Centre mulls herbal medicine units on banks of river Ganga in UttarakhandUttarakhand may soon open processing units of herbal medicines on the banks of the holy river, along with an 'Eco Task Force' of ex-service...
Government mulls to include NGRBA under Parliament Act; polluting Ganga may soon be a crimeA timeline for this complex assignment indicates that the Centre wants to stop completely untreated water flowing into the Ganga by March, ...
Government to float tenders for sewerage infrastructure along River GangaCentre will soon float tenders for setting up sewerage infrastructure for 68 urban local bodies situated along the banks of River Ganga.
Environmentalists uphold declaration of Ganga as World Heritage siteA group of environmentalists will be petitioning PM Modi to pursue with UNESCO for declaration of upper region of the holy river as a World...
Government constitutes task force on interlinking of riversThe Task Force will take up all issues for expediting the work on interlinking of rivers. It would also consider alternative plans in place...
Defence ministry approves proposal for raising of Ganga Task ForceThe MoD has approved 'in principle' a proposal for raising four battalions of Composite Eco Task Force named as Ganga Task Force, Rajya Sab...
Government plans river inter-linking to meet water needs of Delhi, MumbaiThe project, having three dams and two tunnels, is expected to be completed in seven years.
Clean Ganga: Government to focus on re-use of effluents, model burning ghatsWater Resources Minister Uma Bharati has finalised a comprehensive programme for Ganga rejuvenation comprising 3 groups, 7 objectives & 21 ...
Army offers to join PM Narendra Modi's Ganga cleaning effortThe Army has submitted a proposal to the govt to set up a task force under a retired Lt Gen with a team of 40 officers who would help in cl...
- Interlink Rivers: SC asks centre to form panel to tackle drought, flood
The Supreme Court has asked the government to implement the ambitious interlinking of the rivers project in a time-bound manner to tackle d...