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Water storage level up by 4% in 91 major reservoirs
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 07 (ANI): The water storage level of 91 major reservoirs in India have gone up by four per cent in the last one week, according to data provided by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. The Central Water Commission monitors these r
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UP: Yogi inaugurates luxurious cruise in Varanasi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 2 (ANI): In a bid to boost tourism in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday inaugurated Alaknanda, a luxury tourist cruise at Khidkiya Ghat here, during his two-day visit to the town.
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'Time, money and right approach needed to clean Ganga'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Dr Jasper Wieck, Charge d'Affaires of the German Embassy in India on Thursday said that to help clean river Ganga, you need time, money and the right approach.
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NMCG approves projects worth Rs.150cr
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 29 (ANI): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved projects worth nearly Rs 150 crores in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal under the Namami Gange programme during its fifth Executive Committee meeting held in New Delhi.
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Muslim women tie rakhis to Hindu brothers in UP
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 26 (ANI): Setting an example of harmony and brotherhood, the women of a Muslim family in Naubasta area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur tie rakhi to their Hindu brothers every year.
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Vajpayee's ashes immersed in Ganga at Haridwar
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): The ashes of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee immersed in Ganga river at Har-ki-Pauri in Haridwar on Sunday.
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Vajpayee's ashes to be immersed in all rivers of UP
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be immersed in all the holy rivers of Uttar Pradesh, including Ganga, Yamuna, and Tapti, to respect his grand stature, the state government announced on Friday.
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Balanced development is the need of the hour
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Rajasthan [India], Aug 17 (ANI): On the issue of cleanliness of the Ganga, it is clear from the strict attitude of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that whatever was done in the name of cleansing this holy river was a mere pretense.
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Clean Ganga is our priority: Nitin Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Union Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday affirmed that cleaning the River Ganga was the top priority of the government.
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UP man barred from offering Namaz for participating in Kanwar Yatra
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): A Muslim man was prevented from offering Namaz in a mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district on grounds of participating in the recently-concluded Kanwar Yatra.
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Rakesh Sinha denies garlanding Ambedkar statue in Meerut
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rakesh Sinha on Sunday refuted reports of having garlanded a statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar in Meerut, a day after a group of lawyers "purified" the statue with milk and gangaajal after they claimed that Sinha was among the BJP leade
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Dalit lawyers 'purify' Ambedkar statue after BJP leader garlands it
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): A group of Dalit lawyers in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh "purified" the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar with milk and 'gangaajal' soon after it was garlanded by Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state secretary Sunil Bansal on Friday.
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