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Clean Ganga River: PM Modi stresses on 'increased' public partic
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May. 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of the Namaami Gange programme last evening, where he stressed on the need to further increase public awareness and participation in the task of cleaning the River Ganga
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Goa: 50 persons fall into river after footbridge collapses in Curchorem
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Curchorem (Goa) [India], May 18 (ANI): Around 50 people fell into a river after a footbridge collapsed in South Goa's Curchorem.
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Amarkantak: PM Modi to mark conclusion of 'Narmade Seva Yatra' c
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in an event marking the conclusion of 'Narmade Seva Yatra', a campaign to save river Narmada here today.
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Now, a tool that can help prevent surging waters in flood plains
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 13 (ANI): A group of international scientists studying China's Yellow River has come up with an analytic formula that could help officials better predict and prevent its all-too-frequent floods, which threaten as many as 80 million people.
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Will hold DDA responsible if Yamuna's biodiversity gets affected: NGT
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and said that it will hold the local body responsible if any damage happened to the biodiversity of the Yamuna river as it was the former which allowed the Art of Li
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Tanzania bus crash kills 34
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karatu [Tanzania], May 6 (ANI): At least 34 people have reportedly been killed after a small bus veered off a steep road near the town of Karatu, in Tanzania's Arashu region on Saturday and plunged into a river, local media reports said.
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After Deepika, Kangana performs Ganga Aarti in Varanasi!
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): It was only recently that actress Deepika Padukone was seen performing Ganga Aarti on the banks of the Holy river in Varanasi alongside her mother Ujjala Padukone.
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NGT issues notice to Centre, U'khand Govt. for illegal dumping in Gan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre, Uttarakhand Government and the Border Road Organisation in regard to the illegal dumping of debris into the Ganga river.
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Rs. 1 lakh fine for those dumping waste on Ramganga banks: NGT
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday announced that anyone found dumping hazardous waste on the banks of the River Ramganga in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh would have to pay Rs. 1 lakh as environment compensation.
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NGT raps UP Govt. over contaminated groundwater
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 25 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday showed its displeasure with the Uttar Pradesh Government on poor implementation of its order and asked why the tribunal should not close the industries which are polluting the river and groundwater of six districts
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Pro-Kannada activists withdraw protest against movie 'Baahubali 2
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 22 (ANI): A day after actor Sathyaraj apologised for his 'abusive' statements over the River Cauvery made nine years ago, Pro-Kannada organisations on Saturday decided to withdraw their protests against the movie 'Baahubali 2'.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's statement on Yamuna riverbed damage 'shoc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday said that charges of a bias report on damage to the Yamuna riverbed leveled by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on them is 'shocking'.
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