Throwing non-veg food waste in Ganga could hurt religious sentiments: Allahabad HC on iftar party rowThe Allahabad High Court granted bail to five individuals accused of discarding non-vegetarian food waste into the River Ganga. The court n...
"BJP is 'Ma Ganga'...": Samik Bhattacharya on 'washing machine' label, claims TMC leaders lining up to joinWest Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya addressed accusations of his party being a 'washing machine' for defectors. He compared the BJ...
Bihar: Vikramshila bridge in Bhagalpur partially collapses over ganga, no casualties reportedOn Monday, the Vikramshila Setu bridge in Bhagalpur, Bihar faced a significant structural failure, with a section near pillar 133 collapsin...
Woman bathes dog at Haridwar ghat, video goes viralA woman bathing her pet dog in the Ganga at Haridwar's Sarvanand Ghat has caused a stir. Priests and locals objected, citing the river's sa...
NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
Himalayan snow cover drops sharply, hits 20-year low; plains may feel the impactSnow cover in the Hindu Kush Himalaya has reached its lowest point in over two decades. This marks the fourth consecutive year of weak snow...
PM should first release 'blocked' central funds before professing love for Bengal: Abhishek BanerjeeTMC leader Abhishek Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 2 lakh crore in central dues to West Bengal before professing...
11,000 litres of milk dumped into Narmada; netizens furiousA viral video shows nearly 11,000 litres of milk being poured into the Narmada river, sparking outrage. Critics condemn the act as harmful ...
Watch: Haryana woman fights with Rishikesh police after being stopped from drinking on the banks of the GangaA viral video captures a tourist arguing with locals and police on the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh. The confrontation occurred after th...
14 arrested in Varanasi for eating chicken biryani on boat in Ganga sent to judicial custodyIn a controversial incident in Varanasi, a group of fourteen people found themselves in judicial custody for allegedly hosting an Iftar fes...
National Mission for Clean Ganga gets tax exemption statusThe Finance Ministry has granted income tax exemption to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), effective from the assessment year 20...
Panel formed to frame Ganga act draft submits report to governmentJustice (retd) Girdhar Malviya, who heads the panel formed last year, submitted the report to Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti at Shram ...
Government planning to penalise those found guilty of polluting GangaThe Ganga act is being prepared by a panel headed by Justice Girdhar Malviya, and once it is being finalised the bill will be taken up the ...
Two separate committees formed to prepare draft of Ganga Act79-year-old Malviya is chairman of Ganga Mahasabha, which was formed by his grandfather and Banaras Hindu University founder Pandit Madan M...
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...
- 2014: NGT acts against Ganga pollution
A number of path-breaking orders to curb pollution and a strict watch on illegal mining kept the National Green Tribunal (NGT) busy in 2014...