Water supply to Delhi restored after breach in Ganga canal is fixed
Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013
Uttar Pradesh has fixed the breach in upper Ganga canal and restored water supply to Delhi, which will ease water shortage in various areas of East and South Delhi.
Two minor brothers among three drowned
Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2013
Two minor brothers drowned while taking a bath in the Ganga river in Bejkanganj area, police said today.
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 22, 2013
Several environmental groups in the Taj city on Monday observed Earth Day to highlight the ecological imbalances and threats to "mother Earth" through callous and unbridled profit-motivated industrialisation.
Gerard Butler had the holiday from hell in the Himalayas
BANG Showbiz | Friday April 19, 2013
Gerard Butler has revealed he had the worst trip of his life to the Himalayas. The Olympus Has Fallen actor loves globe-trotting in between breaks from his film career, although contracting severe food-poisoning on a camping trip in the mountain rang...
Rafting guide drowns after saving six Delhi tourists
Press Trust of India | Friday March 29, 2013
A rafting guide drowned in Ganga river near Rishikesh after saving six tourists, all residents of Delhi, when the raft carrying them turned turtle downstream on Friday, police said.
Eight drown in Ganga during Holi celebrations
Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday March 28, 2013
Eight youths drowned in the Ganga river in two separate incidents in Kanpur during Holi celebrations on Wednesday, police said.
Eight youths drown in the Ganga in Kanpur
Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 27, 2013
At least eight youths drowned in two separate incidents while bathing in the Ganga river after taking part in the Holi revelry here in the city today.
10 feared drowned as boat capsizes in Bihar
Press Trust of India | Saturday March 23, 2013
Ten persons were feared drowned and many others missing when a country boat capsized in the Ganga in Bihar's Bhagalpur district this morning.
Lakhs throng Kumbh on Maghi Poornima
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 25, 2013
The penultimate bathing day of the 55-day Maha Kumbh - Maghi Poornima - began early Monday at the Sangam in Allahabad, with lakhs taking an early holy dip in the Ganga.
At Kumbh, call to make Ganga your valentine
Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday February 14, 2013
Marking Valentine's Day, several spiritual leaders on Thursday urged people at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad to treat the Ganga as their valentine everyday.
Allahabad stampede: 'We all know who is at fault', says Akhilesh Yadav
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday February 11, 2013
After 36 people died in a stampede at the Allahabad railway station, the union and state governments have denied that their lapses may have contributed to the tragedy; they blame the massive rush of passengers, returning from a dip in the waters of t...
At Kumbh, Rajnath Singh says BJP committed to Ram temple
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday February 6, 2013
BJP president Rajnath Singh, who took a dip in the Ganga at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad today, was present when the Vishwa Hindu Parishad struck a combative note threatening an agitation to demand a law to facilitate the construction of a Ram temple ...
Liberated scavengers to take part in Kumbh Mela rituals
Press Trust of India | Sunday February 3, 2013
In a break from tradition, liberated manual scavenger women, earlier regarded as untouchables, would join top priests in performing rituals at the confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythological Saraswati at the Kumbh Mela.
Paper mills shut due to Maha Kumbh
Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 15, 2013
Eight paper mills in the district have been closed for an indefinite period to prevent pollution in the river Ganga during the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, official sources said in Muzzafarnagar on Tuesday.
Five lakh take holy dip at Gangasagar in West Bengal
Press Trust of India | Monday January 14, 2013
Around 5 lakh pilgrims on Monday took a holy dip at Gangasagar, the confluence of Ganga with Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.