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Harit Yoga among 'signature events' to mark tenth anniversary of Yoga DayHarit Yoga, integrating environmental sustainability with yoga, gains momentum as a signature event for the International Day of Yoga. Laun...
Union Cabinet approves Rs 2,642-cr Varanasi-DDU multi-tracking projectPrime Minister Narendra Modi's Union Cabinet has approved the Varanasi-Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) multi-tracking project costing Rs 2,64...
Centre working on rejuvenation of 13 rivers across the country: Prakash Javadekar"We have already prepared detailed project reports or DPRs of 13 rivers. River Ganga is already under implementation. The 13 important rive...
Big events can be held while adhering to COVID-19 protocol: AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said big events can be held while adhering to the protocol pertaining to COVID-19 an...
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
10 crore trees to be planted on banks of river Ganga: Nitin GadkariThe senior BJP leader, who hails from Vidarbha area of Maharashtra, also appealed to the farmers of the region to go for bamboo plantation.
Uma Bharti launches Namami Gange projects worth Rs 250 crore in UttarakhandUma Bharti said that the Centre is mulling passage of a legislation called the Ganga Act in Parliament for the success of Namami Gange.
Centre will come out with Ganga Act in near future: Uma BharatiDuring the meeting, Bharti said the government will use 20 trash skimmers "very soon" along the entire stretch of river Ganga in addition t...
Projects worth Rs 2446 crore approved for developments of ghats and crematoriums along river GangaGiving a major fillip to its Ganga rejuvenation efforts, National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) - a central body to implement the gov...
NGBRA approves projects for development of ghats, crematoriaSanctioned by Empowered Steering Committee (ESC) of NGBRA yesterday, the projects will be undertaken in stretches from Haridwar to Uttarakh...
Plantation drive across 5 states to revive GangaExperts believe that plantation of trees, like walnut and oak, having high water retention capacity will increase the river's water level i...
Plantation drive across 5 states to revive GangaThe identified patches in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal had seen large scale deforestation in the past, lead...
5 states to soon launch massive plantation drive along river Ganga
Nitish Kumar seeks ban on 15 year-old diesel vehicles in BiharChief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed concerned officials for banning 15-year-old diesel vehicles in the state capital among other measu...
Economic independence of women important for country's rise: Harish RawatUttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today termed economic independence of women as a must for the country's rise to the status of a glo...
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...
- Govt to set up panel to clean Yamuna
Days after setting up a committee of secretaries to work out a plan on Ganga rejuvenation, the government on Tuesday announced a similar gr...
Uma Bharti announces countrywide tree plantation drive to remember Kedarnath delugeShe told reporters here that the drive will be held in Gangotri, Haridwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Nabadwip and Ganga Sagar (bo...
Nitish Kumar lays foundation of Patna's 'marine drive'Considering the fact that work on the ambitious project was starting on the birth anniversary of socialist leader Jayprakash Narayan.
- Pollution in Ganga claims more lives than bomb blasts: L K Advani
Advani expressed concerns over the increasing level of pollution in the Ganga, saying it was claiming more lives than those caused by blast...