Save Ganga activist agrees to end fast

Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2012, 13:09

Environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, 80, who is on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river, agreed to end his fast after the govt agreed to his demands.

Bihar: Four youths drown in Ganga river

Last Updated: Monday, March 12, 2012, 15:09

Four youths were feared drowned on Monday in the Ganga river at Simariaghat in Bihar`s Begusarai district, police said.

WB approves $1 bn loan to clean Ganga river

Last Updated: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 00:36

Ganga is facing extreme pollution pressures and threats to its biodiversity.

8 persons drown while taking bath in UP

Last Updated: Monday, November 22, 2010, 14:05

At least eight persons, including four minors, drowned while taking bath in rivers on the occasion of Kartik Purnima in separate incidents across Uttar Pradesh, police said here.

‘UPPCB closed 65 industrial units polluting Ganga’

Last Updated: Monday, August 30, 2010, 15:18

UP pollution control board has closed down 65 tanneries in Kanpur for polluting the river Ganga by discharging wastes into it without treatment and asked the administration to issue notices to seven more such tanneries.

Ban on taking a dip in river Ganga lifted

Last Updated: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 12:34

The ban on bathing in river Ganga, where thousands of dead fish were found floating, was lifted here on Thursday.

Ganga 1 m below danger-mark in Ghaziabad

Last Updated: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 15:53

Due to heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh since last few days, river Ganga is rising speedily and is just one metre below the danger-mark at Brij Ghat here, officials said.

Balia boat tragedy: Toll climbs to 57

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 12:24

With the recovery of 12 more bodies from Ganga River on Tuesday, the death toll in the boat tragedy in Dubahar area has climbed to 57, police said.

<i>Har Har </i>Gangey!

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 17:16

Thundering down the mighty Himalayas comes the benevolent mother, purifying all that which gets the good furtune to touch her and feel her warmth. Ganga is unique in her own special way...believers know it.

UP government constitutes Ganga river conservation authority

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 23:48

The Uttar Pradesh government today constituted UP State Ganga River Conservation Authority on the lines of Gang Basic Authority constituted by the Centre.

PM chairs Ganga River Basin Authority meet

Last Updated: Monday, October 5, 2009, 15:31

The newly formed Ganga River Basin Authority today met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to discuss several measures regarding cleaning up the river in a systematic manner.

Stop projects on Ganga: VHP

Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 18:51

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Thursday said the status of Ganga as the national river is just an "eyewash" and demanded a complete ban on projects coming on the holy river.