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PM Modi, other leaders pay tributes to Tilak, Azad on their birth annivers
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other political leaders on Tuesday paid tributes to freedom fighters Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bal Gangadhar Tilak at their birth anniversary.
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Tree plantation week observed at Hastinapur under NMCG initiative
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 21 (ANI): A tree plantation week along with public awareness programmes was observed as part of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) initiative at Hastinapur city of the district in the state.
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Haridwar: Two kanwariyas recused from drowning by SDRF
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 21 (ANI): Two 'kanwariyas' were rescued from drowning in the Ganga river here on Sunday by a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), police said.
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Haridwar: Jal Police, SDRF teams deploy to rescue kanwariyas from drowning
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Rajasthan: DM bars people from going near border in Sri Ganganagar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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
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Karnataka: Unidentified miscreants destroy Nava Brindavana in Gangavathi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Koppal (Karnataka) [India], July 19 (ANI): Temples of spiritual Gurus in Anegundi village of Gangavathi taluk were destroyed allegedly by unidentified miscreants on Wednesday.
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Massive rural sanitation drive by NMCG helps clean Ganga
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Post lunar eclipse: Bhadrachalam temple reopens in Telangana, devotees tak
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Varanasi evening Ganga Aarti advanced due to lunar eclipse
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Bahraich: Villagers organise havan as rivers swell, authorities pull up so
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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As Ganga overflows in Varanasi, people migrate to safer places
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): As the Ganga continues to overflow, people living close to the river bank are being forced to migrate to safer places.
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Uttrakhand CM: Will take steps to preserve Lakshman Jhula
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], July 13 (ANI): After Rishikesh's nearly 100-year-old suspension bridge Lakshman Jhula was closed for public citing safety reasons, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday said that his government will make efforts to preserve it.
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