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In HP, illegal sand mining in Sutlej basin damages environment
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Nov. 23 (ANI): Illegal sand mining in the Sutlej River basin in Himachal Pradesh is on the rise. This unscientific and illegal method of sand queering is not only creating environmental hazards, but also, giving a fillip to corruption.
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Nation celebrates Chhath Puja
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 6 (ANI): Chhath Puja is being celebrated in several states today. Thousands of devotees celebrating the festival gathered on the banks of the Yamuna river, lakes and canals in the national capital early this afternoon to pay obeisance to the Sun God on the third day o
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Arunachal: Body of drowned Russian national recovered
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachl Pradesh)[India], Nov. 3 (ANI): The body of a Russian national, who reportedly drowned while on a rafting expedition in Kamala River near Tamin under the Lower Subansiri District on October 31, has been finally recovered.
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Centre stalls construction of Siruvani dam in Kerala
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The Central government has stopped the Kerala government from going ahead with the construction of the proposed dam across Siruvani river for the Attappady Valley Irrigation Project until it gets a consent from the Tamil Nadu government.
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Defying all odds, Yeasin Pathan preserving 34 Hindu medieval temples
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
West Midnapur (West Bengal) [India], Oct. 28 (ANI): For more than four decades, a retired school peon Mohammad Yeasin Pathan is fighting all odds, indifference and intolerance to preserve and restore 34 Hindu medieval temples near the Kansai river in West Bengal's Midnapore.
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Pak Supreme Court rejects petition by Chinese firm's on Dasu dam
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 26 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has rejected a plea by a Chinese company to allow it to take part in the bidding process of the 4,320MW run-of-the-river Dasu Hydro project on the Indus River.
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Singapore River Festival to host 'Tightrope Performance' across
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI-NewsVoir): Singapore River One, the place manager for the Singapore River precinct announces the return of the Singapore River Festival. This year, the Festival will commence from November 4th to 5th with the theme "Riv
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Cauvery issue: Congress banks on technical committee's report for fav
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 19 (ANI): With the Supreme Court looking into the technical committee's report on the Cauvery river-sharing dispute, the Congress on Wednesday hoped that the report enlightens the judges of the court and make them understand the ground realities of Ka
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Cabinet approves construction of new link between Sahibganj to Manihari by
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved the construction of new link between Sahibganj bypass in Jharkhand to Manihari bypass in Bihar including four lane bridges on river Ganga.
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Durga puja passes off peacefully in Tripura
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Oct 11: As Durga Puja reached its last day on Tuesday, people, along with their families, thronged the bank of Howra river to bid goodbye to Goddess Durga.
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K'taka govt. should take the team seriously: BJP on team for Cauvery
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hailed the arrival of the team appointed by the Centre to study the ground reality in the Cauvery river basin here in a bid to address the water-sharing dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and said the state g
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Punjab: BSF seizes abandoned Pak boat from Tota Guru post
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guraspur (Punjab) [India], Oct. 4 (ANI): Amid heightened security across the nation over escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday seized an abandoned Pakistani boat from Tota Guru post (Dera Baba Nanak post) on Ravi river in Punjab.
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