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Gangasagar Mela: Coast Guard personnel keep watch, boats and aircraft depl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Speaking about the elaborate security arrangements made by the Indian Coast Guard, Abhijit Dasgupta, Commanding officer of the Indian Coast Guard (Kolkata), said that the coast guard boats and aircraft have been deployed in the area to keep a strict vigil on the mela and prevent any untoward
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Gangasagar: Devotees take holy dip for second consecutive day
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pilgrims and seers were seen braving the bitter cold and lowering themselves into the icy waters of the Ganges and praying with folded hands.
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Gangasagar Mela: Devotees, seers take holy dip in Ganges on Makar Sankrant
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Devotees and seers took a holy dip in the Ganges at the Gangsagar in the South 24 Parganas on Saturday, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
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UP: On banks of Ganga, Tent City to offer new experience to tourists in Va
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Situated on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, the tent city will feature religion, spirituality and culture as well as products from eastern Uttar Pradesh.
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Uttarakhand: Devotees throng temples and take holy dip in Ganga on New Yea
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pilgrims enter the Ganges at 'Har Ki Pauri' in the city of Dharma at the beginning of their new year for various reasons.
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Ganga-Padma river: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to PM, flags 'perpetual e
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Up to 2004, the Ganges had eroded 356 square km of fertile land and displaced around 80,000 people in the period 1988 - 1994, in Murshidabad district. Erosion along the banks of the Ganga had washed away more than 50 houses, two temples and acres of agricultural land in the Shamserganj area
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Yogi Govt takes Varanasi's development to next level, starts provision of
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Secretary of the Jal Kal Department, Siddharth Kumar speaking about the scheme informed, "The pure water of Ganges has started reaching about 1.5 to 2 lakh houses in Varanasi".
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Rajasthan: Family of man killed in shootout in Sikar, stages protest, dema
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A family member of the man who succumbed to his injuries during a shootout in Rajasthan's Sirkar staged a protest against the killing and demanded justice.
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West Bengal Congress Chief Adhir Ranjan writes to Union Jal Shakti ministe
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Riverbank erosion is widespread throughout the course of the Ganges in West Bengal. Very large chunk of fertile land has been completely wiped out and thousands of people have been displaced in Shamsher Ganj.
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Large number of devotees reach Haridwar to collect Ganga water for 'Jalabh
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 23 (ANI): A large number of Shiva devotees are reaching Haridwar to collect water from the Ganges for the 'Jalabhishek' of Lord Shiva to be held on July 26.
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Melting glaciers of Tibet worrying, troublesome for all regions
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], June 7 (ANI): The melting glaciers of Tibet are worrying and troublesome for all the regions that depend on it as their ultimate source of water.
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Bobbitisation case: Swami Gangeshnanda alleges involvement of Kerala Fire
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 23 (ANI): Five years after the sensational bobbitisation of Swami Gangeshananda, he has alleged Kerala Fire and Rescue Services DGP B Sandhya's involvement in it.
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