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Agra`s potable water project to be complete by 2016

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 09:34

The Uttar Pradesh government has set December 2016 as the final deadline for completion of the ambitious `Ganga Jal` project for supply of potable water in Agra, officials said on Thursday.

98-year-old freedom fighter dead in UP

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 12:22

Veteran freedom fighter Ganga Sahai died after prolong illness here at his residence, family sources said Wednesday. Sahai (98) died yesterday.

HC refuses to relax order banning immersion of idols in Ganga, Yamuna

Last Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 00:52

The effort by the district administration and local residents to secure permission for immersing Durga idols in Ganga and Yamuna failed today with the Allahabad High Court making it clear that it saw "no justification to recall or relax its order" prohibiting "visarjan" in either river.

42 crude bombs seized from train

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 20:03

Forty-two crude bombs were on Thursday found in a sleeper coach of Ganga Damodar Express train at the Railway yard here.

Sugarmill, dairy firm polluting Ganga;NGT seeks Centre`s reply

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 21:11

The NGT Monday sought the responses of the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea alleging that the Ganga is being polluted due to effluents discharged by sugar mills and a dairy firm.

Bodies of all nine victims of boat tragedy found

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 18:26

The bodies of all nine victims, who had gone missing after a boat capsized in the Ganga in Bihar`s Bhojpur district, were fished out on Thursday.

‘Mahadev’ to be seen in ‘Mahabharat’!

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:42

In a first of its kind move, a popular mythological character will be seen on another!

Harmukh Ganga yatra commences today

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 16:31

The five-day annual Harmukh Ganga yatra by Kashmiri Pandits commenced from the Naran Naag temple in Ganderbal district.

Flood situation improving in Bihar

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 14:05

Flood waters are receding in all the major rivers of the state, including the Ganga, and the situation is improving, Bihar Disaster Management Minister Renu Kumari Kushwaha said on Friday.

Rain lessens in UP; 1,227 villages still flood-affected

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 21:11

Receding water levels in major rivers, including the Ganga, has brought some relief from the floods in Uttar Pradesh where a total of 16,20,505 and 1,227 villages, however, still remain affected.

Three persons drown, one missing in Malda floods

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 15:59

Three persons have drowned in the flood waters and one person is missing after a boat capsized in Malda district of West Bengal.

Bihar flood toll rises to 170

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 15:50

The toll in devastating floods which left hundreds of thousands homeless in Bihar rose to 170 on Wednesday, said an official.