Ganga

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital last evening after she complained of a chest infection.

The movement of two-wheeler vehicles was stopped on the Ram Jhula Bridge in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh city after the supportive wire breaks due to a spate of River Ganga due to heavy rainfall in the last few days, officials said on Thursday.

A police officer said the surgeon received a small cut on his thumb in the incident.

Haridwar Ganga level: The water level was recorded at 293.25 metres at 9:00 pm on Monday against the danger mark of 293 metres in Haridwar.

People in the Laksar and Khanpur regions of Uttarakhand's Haridwar district are faced with a new scare crocodiles have started making their way into residential areas flooded by the swollen Ganga and its tributaries.

Rains lashed many places in Uttarakhand on Sunday, triggering landslides that blocked several roads, even as Ganga crossed the danger mark in Devprayag and warning level in Haridwar due to heavy release of water from the dam on the Alaknanda river.

Four people, including three minors, drowned in the Ganga river while taking a bath in a crowded ghat in Bihar's Katihar district on Monday, an auspicious day for the Hindus in the holy month of Shravan, police said.

Three people were killed and three others were missing after a vehicle hit by a landslide fell into the Ganga River in Tehri Garhwal district on Sunday, officials said.

An out-of-job civil engineer was arrested for allegedly impersonating an OSD to the Union Minister of Home Affairs and trying to get himself appointed as a senior official for the Ganga Expressway project, police said on Sunday.

Incessant rains and landslides in Uttarakhand claimed five lives on Sunday and authorities have sounded a red alert as water level was rising in all major rivers, including the Ganga, amid a forecast of more heavy showers in the next two days.

During the Kanwar Yatra in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, a man is seen in a video carrying their elderly mother over one shoulder and water from the Ganga River on the other.

A part of a bridge connecting two towns over the Ganga river collapsed due to strong flow of water caused by heavy rain in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district today. The bridge collapse has brought the traffic in several nearby villages to a standstill.

Barely three weeks after an under-construction bridge over the Ganga collapsed in Bihar's Khagaria district, a portion of another bridge in Kishanganj district caved-in on Saturday, an official said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday reviewed the progress of under-construction and new expressway projects and the development of the Industrial Corridor and Defense Corridor in the state.

Ten days after the collapse of the four-lane Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghatbridge being built across the Ganga in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, the body of the missing security guard has been found in Kauwakol block, an official said.

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital last evening after she complained of a chest infection.

The movement of two-wheeler vehicles was stopped on the Ram Jhula Bridge in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh city after the supportive wire breaks due to a spate of River Ganga due to heavy rainfall in the last few days, officials said on Thursday.

A police officer said the surgeon received a small cut on his thumb in the incident.

Haridwar Ganga level: The water level was recorded at 293.25 metres at 9:00 pm on Monday against the danger mark of 293 metres in Haridwar.

People in the Laksar and Khanpur regions of Uttarakhand's Haridwar district are faced with a new scare crocodiles have started making their way into residential areas flooded by the swollen Ganga and its tributaries.

Rains lashed many places in Uttarakhand on Sunday, triggering landslides that blocked several roads, even as Ganga crossed the danger mark in Devprayag and warning level in Haridwar due to heavy release of water from the dam on the Alaknanda river.

Four people, including three minors, drowned in the Ganga river while taking a bath in a crowded ghat in Bihar's Katihar district on Monday, an auspicious day for the Hindus in the holy month of Shravan, police said.

Three people were killed and three others were missing after a vehicle hit by a landslide fell into the Ganga River in Tehri Garhwal district on Sunday, officials said.

An out-of-job civil engineer was arrested for allegedly impersonating an OSD to the Union Minister of Home Affairs and trying to get himself appointed as a senior official for the Ganga Expressway project, police said on Sunday.

Incessant rains and landslides in Uttarakhand claimed five lives on Sunday and authorities have sounded a red alert as water level was rising in all major rivers, including the Ganga, amid a forecast of more heavy showers in the next two days.

During the Kanwar Yatra in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, a man is seen in a video carrying their elderly mother over one shoulder and water from the Ganga River on the other.

A part of a bridge connecting two towns over the Ganga river collapsed due to strong flow of water caused by heavy rain in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district today. The bridge collapse has brought the traffic in several nearby villages to a standstill.

Barely three weeks after an under-construction bridge over the Ganga collapsed in Bihar's Khagaria district, a portion of another bridge in Kishanganj district caved-in on Saturday, an official said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday reviewed the progress of under-construction and new expressway projects and the development of the Industrial Corridor and Defense Corridor in the state.

Ten days after the collapse of the four-lane Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghatbridge being built across the Ganga in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, the body of the missing security guard has been found in Kauwakol block, an official said.