Dehradun / New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): Forests are the lifeline of any river, which is why to conserve and rejuvenate one of the holiest rivers, Ganga, an afforestation drive is ongoing along the 2,525 km-long River and its catchment areas in five states - Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the work for cleaning and rejuvenation of River Ganga is ongoing and 70-80 per cent of the work will be completed before March next year.
Chhapra (Bihar) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Police have arrested two men in connection with the alleged rape of a class ninth student in the Chhapra district of Bihar. The arrests were made late on Saturday.
Bhagpat (Uttar Pradesh) [India] October 16 (ANI): A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men at Baghpat's district hospital in Uttar Pradesh, on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): A Bachelor of Arts (BA) student was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by three persons in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district.
Haridwar, Uttarakhand [India] Oct 13 (ANI): Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest, along with a 40-member team, is on a month-long rafting expedition 'Mission Gange' to clean River Ganga and spread awareness about waste management.
Varanasi/Allahabad/Bhopal (Uttar Pradesh/Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Spiritual leaders across the country have blamed the government for turning a deaf ear to the demands of environmentalist Professor GD Agarwal who died on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti on Thursday expressed shock over environmentalist G. D. Agarwal's death on twitter, adding that she had anticipated the same and had earlier alerted Union Minster for Road Transport and Highways Niti
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his condolences over the death of environmentalist and a stout activist for the River Ganga, G. D. Agarwal.
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Congress on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government alleging that it did not do enough under 'Namai Gange Programme' and also ignored the indefinite-fast of environmentalist GD Agarwal.
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday issued a notification for the Environamental flows (e-flows) of Ganga with an aim to maintain the natural pattern of the river flow.