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Urns pile up at Lucknow's Baikunth Dham as lockdown affects funerary ritua
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 30 (ANI): Several lockers at Baikunth Dham in the city are brimming with the 'asthi' (ashes) as families of the deceased are unable to collect these for immersion in the holy river of Ganga due to the movement restriction imposed under the coronavirus i
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Rain disrupts essential supplies in AP's Vizianagaram
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 28 (ANI): The heavy downpour in the region since last two days have disrupted the normal life as a temporary road at Sitanagaram got washed away in flood waters from Suvarnamukhi river.
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Gyms, theatres, casinos, swimming pools to remain shut in Goa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 25 (ANI): All the gymnasiums, cinema theatres, public swimming pools, resorts, casinos, spa and massage parlours/salons, river cruises, night clubs, and multiplexes will remain shut till further orders, according to Goa government on Saturday.
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BRO constructs permanent bridge on Ravi connecting Kasowal enclave in Punj
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed and opened a new permanent bridge on the river Ravi connecting Kasowal enclave in Punjab to the rest of the country "much ahead of its schedule", Defence Ministry has said.
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Yamuna's water quality improves during lockdown due to lesser effluents, i
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has submitted its report to the Yamuna Monitoring Committee (YMC) on Tuesday stating that absence of industrial effluents and 'less human activities' have improved water quality of river Yamuna during the lockdow
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Kerala HC takes suo moto notice on Periyar river water quality, seeks repo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 21 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Tuesday took suo moto notice of news reports about deteriorating water quality of Periyar river and sought reports from State Pollution Control Board and Water Authority.
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BRO constructs key bridge over Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Despite the prevailing lockdown situation in the country, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed the Daporijo bridge over Subansiri river, observing utmost precautions in view of COVID-19, to connect a strategic line of communication in Arunachal P
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Woman drowned, search on for 3 people after overloaded boat capsises in Pa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 19 (ANI): A woman was drowned while the search is on for three others after an overloaded boat, carrying around 20 to 25 people, capsized in river Ganga here on Saturday.
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Soldier goes missing near LAC in Himachal Pradesh, Army launches search op
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 18 (ANI): The Indian Army on Friday carried out a large scale search and rescue operation for a soldier who reportedly slipped and fell into the Sutlej river while negotiating a crossing near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Kinnaur district of Hi
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China limiting Mekong river's flow triggered drought in region, says US-ba
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], April 14 (ANI): A US-based research company has found that China limited the flow of the Mekong River following the construction of a number of its sprawling dams in its territory in the backdrop of a severe drought in the region last year.
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Bhadohi incident not related to shortage of food: UP Police
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhadoi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday said that the tragic incident of Bhadohi where a woman threw her five children in the river was not related to food shortage but to an argument with her husband.
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Woman throws her five children into Ganga River in UP's Bhadohi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 12 (ANI): A woman allegedly threw her five children into the Ganges after an argument with her husband in Bhadohi here. The body of an 11-year-old girl has been recovered from the river so far, police said.
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