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Ganga's water level decreased in summer

Magh Purnima 2023

05 Feb 2023

Magh Purnima 2023: Devotees Take Holy dip in River Ganga in Varanasi

On this occasion, the devotees take a holy dip into Ganga, meditate and offer prayers to Lord Vishnu. The devotees, after taking the dip, visit the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and bow their heads. Lakhs of people take a holy dip into Ganga on the day of the full moon.

23 Nov 2021

Ganga river will soon show its fierce form, claims IIT Kanpur

IIT Kanpur has claimed in its research that the river Ganga can show its fierce form soon. The reason behind this has been told to change the nature of the flow of the river.

11 May 2021

Dead bodies in Ganga: Bihar CM pained at tragedy, damage to holy rive

At least 71 bodies, which were found floating in the river Ganga, were fished out, said officials, triggering suspicion that the abandoned corpses could be those of COVID-19 patients.

11 May 2021

Bihar: Bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims found floating in river Ganga

Several bodies, decomposed bloated and suspected to be of people who succumbed to COVID 19, were found floating in the river Ganga in a Bihar district Officials in Chausa block of Buxar, which borders Uttar Pradesh, rushed to the spot of the unseemly sight upon hearing the news

10 Jul 2019

Ganga close to danger mark in Rishikesh as heavy rainfall lashes Uttarakhand

The IMD has issued an alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall for all districts of Uttarakhand, including Dehradun.

12 Jun 2019

Ganga Dussehra 2019—Puja timings and significance

It is said that Goddess Ganga came down from heaven to earth her in order to purge the cursed souls of Bhagiratha's ancestors on Ganga Dussehra.

01 Apr 2019

PM Narendra Modi has faced most intolerance in country: Uma Bharti

Uma also took a dig at Priyanka Gandhi for not visiting the makeshift Ram Lalla shrine in Ayodhya and said that she is ill-informed about Ram Lalla and Ayodhya.

25 Jan 2019

If terrorists entered in UP, they would be disposed of on border: Yogi Adityanath

In connection with the conspiracy to dissolve the poison in Ganga water in Prayagraj Kumbh , Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that if the concerned terrorists entered the UP, then they would be dealt with on the border. Yogi said that today’s demand for evil is like evil with the wicked. Yogi Adityanath gave this statement when he was giving speeches at an event in

15 Jan 2019

On Makar Sankranti, over three million take holy dip in Bengal's Gangasagar Me

The Gangasagar Mela is rated as the second largest assembly of people after the quadrennial Kumbh Mela.

Bijnore boat capsize

24 Aug 2018

Boat capsizes in Ganga in UP; one dead, 21 rescued, 3 missing

21 people have been rescued after the boat mishap, a top UP govt official said.

31 Jul 2018

Kanpur: Ganga water level nears danger mark, residents of low-lying villages e

The water level of River Ganga in the Kanpur region rose following incessant rains in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

12 Mar 2018

PM Modi to host Macron in Varanasi; to take boat ride on Ganga

On Saturday, India and France had inked 14 pacts, including in key areas of defence, nuclear energy and protection of classified information.

07 Dec 2017

Ghats development being done in Kanpur, Patna, Kolkata: Minister

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the Centre has garnered commitments worth Rs 1,500 crore from international and domestic corporates, and industrialists for cleaning of river Ganga.

04 Nov 2017

15 lakh take dip in Ganga on Kartik Purnima

Special emphasis was laid on installation of toilets to ensure an open defecation free environment.

12 Aug 2017

Govt declares 4480 villages along river Ganga as Open Defecation Free

Villages accross the banks of River Ganga were declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) under Namami Gange initiative on Saturday.

19 Jul 2017

Four children drown in River Ganga

Four children on Wednesday drowned in the River Ganga, police said.

16 Jul 2017

NGT shifts focus on Phase-II of Ganga rejuvenation

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar has convened a meeting of all stakeholders involved in cleaning of the river from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh to the state's border with Bihar to chalk out an action plan for cleaning the Ganga.

09 Jun 2017

Ganga second-most polluting river in world; China's Yangtze tops the list

The study added that two-thirds of the pollution comes from the 20 most polluting rivers, with majority of them in Asia.

25 May 2017

Uma Bharti on 2,500-km tour along Ganga to oversee clean-up

Bharti will begin her 15-day trip from Ganga Sagar in West Bengal and culminate the same at Gangotri in Uttarakhand.

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