In a relief and rescue operation, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) pulled out the four submerged vehicles from the Ganga river after they were swept away in the flooding of rain drain near Kharkhari in Haridwar on Sunday.
"False claim spread by West Bengal Government that they were not consulted on the Internal Review of the India-Bangladesh Treaty of 1996 on Sharing of the Ganga/Ganges Waters at Farakka," the government sources said.
Thousands of devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganga and offered prayers on the occasion of Jyeshtha Purnima at sacred places in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday morning.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs 20,000, on the District Magistrate, Paryagraj for the delay in filing a status report regarding the discharge of sewage water in rivers Ganga and Yamuna and also improper and unplanned extraction of river water.
BJP Varanasi District Secretary Shivanand Rai on Monday offered a 400-metre-long saree to the River Ganga in Varanasi as part of a ceremonial ritual on Monday.
Birnagar, a small village near the bank of river Ganga in Malda, has lost majority of its houses due to heavy rains and there is no dam or barrage over the river.
Thousands of devotees gathered on the banks of the River Mandakini in Madhya Pradesh's Chitrakoot to offer special prayers on the auspicious occasion of Somvati Amavasya on Monday.
Devotees performed special rituals for their ancestors on Somvati Amavasya. Those who came to bathe expressed their joy in participating in the baths, worship, and rituals on the banks of the Ganga on the auspicious day of Omvati Amavasya.
Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday for his visit to the state of Andhra Pradesh, drawing a parallel between Modi's arrival and the mythological tale of King Bhagiratha bringing the River Ganga to Earth for his ancestors' salvation.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11: Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works Ltd has received the Letter of Award (LoA) from the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) for the maintenance of the "Farakka-Kahalgaon stretch (146 Km) of National Waterway - 1 (River Ganga)". The contract
After her name did not figure in the BJP's first list of Lok Sabha candidates,Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Thursday and said that she wants to focus on her work for the rejuvenation and cleanliness of the River Ganga.