Bihar Flood Alert: Rising barrage water levels likely to affect over 16 lakh people across 13 districtsFlood Situation Near Ganges: The Bihar government has issued a flood alert for northern and central regions following the release of water ...
29 Sep, 2024, 09.38 AM IST
Ganga cleaning: NGT issues warrants against Haryana, RajasthanThe green panel also directed the resident commissioners of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar to be present before it on September 4, the next date ...
01 Sep, 2017, 05.49 PM IST
After Nitish jibe, Centre ropes in private companies to clean GangaCentre has, however, time and again enlisted what all it has been doing to clean the river under its ambitious Ganga rejuvenation plan in U...
02 Mar, 2017, 08.22 AM IST
After Nitish jibe, Centre ropes in private companies to clean GangaThe water resources ministry announced on Wednesday its move of awarding projects worth Rs 1,050 crore to private companies for setting up ...
02 Mar, 2017, 03.31 AM IST
Bihar toppers scam: Former board chairman, wife arrested from VaranasiLalkeshwar Singh and his wife Usha Sinha, a co-accused in the toppers scandal, had gone underground after police had acquired an arrest war...
20 Jun, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
10 IITs asked to adopt stretches of river Ganga and undertake cleaning plansMonths after a consortia of seven IITs submitted the Ganga River Basin Management Plan, the Central government has asked them to walk the t...
28 Dec, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
Namami Gange: River surface cleaning to begin, backed with public monitoring appIntensive river surface cleaning is set to begin at ten identified cities along the banks of Ganga backed with a Bhuvan Ganga mobile applic...
25 May, 2015, 06.52 AM IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to meet PM Narendra Modi on March 26 during ganga meetAlong with Kumar, chief ministers from 4 other states through which Ganga flows have also been invited.
23 Mar, 2015, 05.00 AM IST
Lalu Prasad attributes stampede to administrative 'lapse'"We have been demanding that height of the boundary wall of the Maidan should be lowered and there should be more entry and exit points," P...
04 Oct, 2014, 02.08 PM IST
Cleaning Ganga will take 18 years & massive investment: Centre to Supreme CourtThe government said that people from various walks of life including NRIs will have to get involved with the project to make it successful.
22 Sep, 2014, 08.11 PM IST
Uma Bharti launches web portal on Ganga rejuvenation planAs part of its efforts to make the Ganga rejuvenation programme a mass movement, the Ministry of Water Resource launched a web portal to co...
12 Sep, 2014, 05.54 PM IST
Foreign explorers to sail 2,444km of Ganga to highlight its pollution woesAs PM Modi prepares to head a mega committee to oversee the clean-up of the Ganga, Bancroft-Arnesen Explore has rounded up eight women for ...
28 Aug, 2014, 11.35 AM IST
Floating hotels on Ganga part of rejuvenation planThe highlight of the Ganga front is introducing river cruises and floating hotels on Ganga between Haridwar and Hooghly by private sector.
25 Jun, 2014, 02.00 PM IST
Last rites of four jawans performed with state honourWhile funeral of Vijay Rai took place in his village, that of Shambhu Saran Singh in Bhojpur district and Prem Nath Singh and Raghunandan P...
08 Aug, 2013, 01.52 PM IST
- Dunk Rahul in Ganga, says Sharad Yadav
In face of opposition, Sharad Yadav stuck to his guns saying, "Yes, I've been telling people to dunk the hand, the bungalow and the lantern...
26 Oct, 2010, 03.59 AM IST
- Bihar bans hunting of dolphins
Alarmed by a steady decline in the number of dolphins, declared a national aquatic animal by the Prime Minister, Bihar chief minister Nitis...
14 Dec, 2009, 11.29 PM IST
- Bihar bans hunting of dolphins
Alarmed by a steady decline in the number of dolphins, declared a national aquatic animal by the Prime Minister, Bihar chief minister Nitis...
27 Oct, 2009, 06.03 PM IST