Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 21 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Kanwar Yatra, Jal Police and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) teams have been deployed to rescue kanwariyas from drowning near River Ganga in Haridwar, police officials said.
Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan) [India], July 19 (ANI): Ahead of the Independence day, people living in border villages here have been barred from going to the lands near the India-Pakistan international border in the dark hours, go atop water towers or make calls to the neighbouring country from
Koppal (Karnataka) [India], July 19 (ANI): Temples of spiritual Gurus in Anegundi village of Gangavathi taluk were destroyed allegedly by unidentified miscreants on Wednesday.
Haridwar, Uttarakhand [India], July 18 (ANI): Few miles from Haridwar city, Ajitpur is one among 4,465 villages located on the Ganga river basin which have been identified by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) as part of its Ganga Rejuvenation plan.
Karnal (Haryana) [India], July 18 (ANI): Police on Thursday took at least six transgenders into custody after a video of them allegedly thrashing two men outside a dhaba in Karnal, went viral on social media platforms. Police said they have not yet received any complaint from the victims.
Bhadrachalam (Telangana) [India], July 17 (ANI): Bhadrachalam Sita Ramachandraswamy temple, located on the shores of Godavari River here reopened in the early hours of Wednesday to perform the cleansing rituals after a lunar eclipse.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 16 (ANI): Chennai police has launched a hunt to nab a gang, which threatened and attacked staff at a petrol bunk with long knives on Sunday night. A case has been filed in this regard, police said on Tuesday.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 16 (ANI): Varanasi's famed tradition of Ganga Aarti, the daily evening ritual at Dashashwamedh Ghat, has been advanced on account of the lunar eclipse on Tuesday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has rescued a tourist who suffered a heart attack on the Gangotri-Gomukh trek.
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): After several villages submerged into the River Ganga, locals of affected areas gathered at the riverbank on Sunday to perform special prayers pleading the river goddess to return.
Churu (Rajasthan) [India], July 15 (ANI): A week after the death of a young man and gang-rape of his sister-in-law in police custody, Churu SP Rajendra Prasad is being transferred while Sardarshahar Circle Officer Bhanwarlal Meghwal has been suspended.
Churu (Rajasthan) [India], July 14 (ANI): An FIR was registered against six policemen including SHO Ranvir Singh here on Sunday for allegedly gang-raping and harassing a woman. The victim's brother-in-law also allegedly died in the police custody on July 6.