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Punjab to get water development authority
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] Dec 1, (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday directed Water Resources Department (WRD) to immediately finalise modalities for setting up a Punjab Water Regulation and Development Authority (PWRDA) for the conservation and management of t
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Tamil Nadu CM writes to PM on Cauvery issue
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Nov 27 (ANI) : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, requesting him to instruct the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation to direct the Central Water Commission (CWC) to
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Mother Cauvery statue: Plan in initial stage to develop tourist destinatio
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): After details of a proposed plan to build a tall statue of Mother Cauvery were reported, Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday asserted that it is not just a statue but a tower which will be developed as a tourist destinatio
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PepsiCo moving 16 containers on inland vessel over river Ganga: Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): Union Shipping and Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday confirmed that PepsiCo is moving 16 containers from Kolkata to Varanasi on inland vessel MV RN Tagore over river Ganga.
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Water storage level of 91 major reservoirs dips by one percent
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation on Thursday said that the water storage level of 91 major reservoirs of the country has gone down by 1 per cent from last week.
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80% of Ganga to be clean before March 2019: Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the work for cleaning and rejuvenation of River Ganga is ongoing and 70-80 per cent of the work will be completed before March next year.
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Arunachal Cong MP raises concern over 'grim' Tuting, Pasighat regions
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Congress Member of Parliament (MP) from Arunachal Pradesh Ninong Ering has written a letter to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal seeking their intervention with regards to th
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Anti-Pak protest in PoK against exploitation of water resources
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Muzzafarabad (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir), Sep 25 (ANI): Residents of Muzzafarabad on Tuesday launched a large-scale protest against Pakistan for diverting water from Neelum River to fulfil the requirements of Punjab Province, leaving the region dry.
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Kashmiris protest at UNHRC, demand Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastruc
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 21 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a massive protest in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) office here against gross human rights violations and exploitation of water resources by Pakistan in the region.<
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ED registers case against Karnataka Minister
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 18 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case against Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar.
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K'taka minister DK Shivakumar granted bail in money laundering case
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): The Special Economic Offences Court on Saturday granted bail to Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar and three others in connection with the alleged money laundering case.
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Gadkari urges automobile companies to diversify alternate fuel
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari on Friday called the urgent attention of automobile companies towards the need for an efficient public transport system in the co
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