Not appropriate to say none of the Ganga projects have made any headway: Satyapal SinghIn response to a separate question, Singh said under the Namami Gange project, work on 34 ghats and nine crematoriums has been completed.
6 CAG reports ready to be tabled in ParliamentThe Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has reviewed progress of the 'Namami Gange; programme and submitted its audit report for tabling ...
Rs 20,000 crore allocated for Namami Gange Programme: Uma BhartiBharti said this was the first time that the Modi government has given a timeline and all the issues and obstacles to meet the deadline hav...
Only 13 of 145 Ganga projects completedThe Union cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, had approved the `Namami Gange' programme in May, 2015 and sanctioned Rs 20,000 crore for f...
RBI refuses to disclose deliberations of its Board on demonetisationResponding to an RTI application filed by activist Venkatesh Nayak, the Bankers' Bank refused to disclose the minutes of the crucial meetin...
Alert: Last day to spend your old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notesThe government had allowed use of old notes at petrol pumps, Mother Dairy, government hospitals, railway ticketing and crematoria and buria...
PM Modi enlisted chief ministers in fight against black moneyPrime Minister wrote a letter to all CMs, explaining note ban rationale and seeking their help, just minutes after speech.
Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes can be used for paying power bills, tax till tomorrowExemptions have also been made for payments at government hospitals, milk booths, crematoria/burial grounds and petrol pumps till November ...
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...
UP will co-operate with Centre to clean Ganga: Akhilesh YadavThe UP Government will extend "whatever" co-operation the Centre will require in cleaning river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhiles...
Crematoriums getting a facelift thanks to private enterpriseslnterestingly, cities like Coimbatore, Erode and Surat have signature crematoria designed by private architectural firms and widely cited i...
PM Narendra Modi for action against industrial units polluting GangaModi said legal action should be taken against polluting industrial units and suggested setting up of environment- friendly crematoria alon...
Why Satish Jarkiholi's one night at the crematorium is futile attempt at rationalityPicking the death anniversary of B R Ambedkar, the most famous rationalist in the world's most irrational nation, was also a good idea.
Govt sanctions Rs 4065.81 cr for pollution abatement schemes for rivers, lakesThe government has sanctioned Rs 4065.81 crore for pollution abatement schemes for rivers and lakes in various states with Uttar Pradesh ge...
- UK Hindu wins right to open cremation
An elderly man of Indian descent won the right to be cremated on a traditional funeral pyre in Britain, after a ruling by the Court of Appe...
- IOC plans LPG-fuelled crematoria
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is seeing a new business opportunity in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fired crematorium.
- Raj Thackeray joins hands with Congress in Pune
In a desperate move, the Congress party in Pune, led by Suresh Kalmadi, has formed an ‘issue based’ alliance with Raj Thackeray’s Maharasht...