Ganga Expressway to reduce Meerut-Prayagraj travel time to just 6 hours, you can drive at 120 kmph in the six-lane corridorGanga Expressway Route, length: Ganga Expressway is UP's longest expressway, and it will reduce the travel time between Meerut and Prayagra...
29 Apr, 2026, 01.09 PM IST
TMC calls PM Modi a “political tourist”The Trinamool Congress has labelled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Kolkata as 'political tourism'. The party alleged his ri...
24 Apr, 2026, 03.01 PM IST
Floods in 13 UP districts; Ganga flows above danger mark in Varanasi, PrayagrajUttar Pradesh is grappling with severe floods. Thirteen districts are affected due to incessant rainfall. Major rivers like Ganga and Yamun...
04 Aug, 2025, 12.00 PM IST
Missed taking a dip in Maha Kumbh? You can get Sangam water at your doorstep, check prices on Amazon, Flipkart, Blinkit and othersMaha Kumbh: The Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj is a confluence of 3 rivers, the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati. Of these three, the river Sarasw...
25 Feb, 2025, 05.24 PM IST
Over 410 million devotees take holy dip at Triveni SangamThe ongoing Mahakumbh at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj attracts global devotees for its spiritual significance, with 410 million taking a sac...
09 Feb, 2025, 08.53 AM IST
Maha Kumbh: Anurag Thakur, wife take holy dip in SangamFormer Union minister Anurag Thakur and his wife took a holy dip at the Sangam in Prayagraj during the Maha Kumbh. They offered prayers and...
08 Feb, 2025, 03.21 PM IST
Will granting legal rights to rivers like the Ganga, change the on-ground situation?For millions, Ganga is sacred, and for millions more, it is the lifeline - providing livelihoods, sustenance, and water for quenching parch...
25 Mar, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
Ganga & Yamuna are 'living persons' with legal rights: High CourtThe court named the director of Namami Gange, the chief secretary of Uttarakhand and the advocate general of the state "persons in loco par...
21 Mar, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
Clean Ganga not possible without clean Yamuna: Uma BharatiBharati also said that she has spoken to Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi on the plan of Yamuna rejuvenation and it will...
06 Apr, 2015, 06.26 PM IST
Action plan for Ganga, Yamuna clean-up by this year-end: GovernmentSince the inception of the National Ganga River Basin Authority, 76 schemes at a total cost of Rs 5,004.19 crore have been sanctioned in 48...
21 Jul, 2014, 05.25 PM IST
Clean up of river Yamuna a part of Ganga rejuvenation: Uma BhartiUnion Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti has said the River Ganga rejuvenation programme would not be successful without cleaning up of riv...
06 Jul, 2014, 04.06 PM IST
- 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...
18 Jun, 2014, 05.08 AM IST
Clean Yamuna along with Ganga: NGO asks Narendra Modi governmentAn NGO has asked Modi govt to also take up the issue of cleaning Yamuna, saying the mission of cleansing Ganga was incomplete without clean...
02 Jun, 2014, 06.00 PM IST
- Dolphins face threat in Ganga, Yamuna rivers
The natural habitat of Gangetic dolphins is recucing at an alarming rate, according to a study by the Worldwide Fund for Nature India.
13 Mar, 2013, 07.44 PM IST
- Concern in RS over pollution in Ganga, Yamuna
Concerned over pollution in Ganga and Yamuna, members of RS unanimously urged the Government to reduce pollution in Indian rivers.
11 Mar, 2013, 05.12 PM IST
- 'Bridges in every 5-6 km to link NH-2 with Yamuna Expressway'
Bridges will be constructed at every five to six kms to connect the National Highway-2 with the Yamuna Expressway, a senior official said t...
27 Dec, 2010, 10.50 PM IST
Ganga, Yamuna "no cleaner" now than 20 yrs ago, says RameshIn a frank admission, Government on Friday said in Lok Sabha that rivers Ganga and Yamuna were "no cleaner" now as they were two decades ag...
17 Jul, 2009, 03.58 PM IST