Cleaning Ganga public's job too: Jal Shakti minister

The society needs to consider cleaning the Ganga river as its responsibility and not see it as just the government's job, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Wednesday. IMAGE: A......

Water resources, Ganga allocations surge 55% to Rs 30,234 cr

The total Budget allocated for the department of water resources, river development, and Ganga Rejuvenation has surged to Rs 30,233.83 crore, 55 percent up from last year's allotment of Rs......

India had a policy to maintain distance, but now...: Modi in Poland

Ahead of his maiden visit to Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India was an advocate of permanent peace in the region, as he reaffirmed his view that "this is not an era of war"......

Amid wrestlers row, probe against Brij Bhushan over illegal mining

The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel to verify the factual position and take appropriate remedial action on a plea claiming illegal mining by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Singh......

Cabinet okays Rs 7,000 cr to clean Ganga

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved a Rs. 7,000-crore (Rs. 70 billion) project for cleaning of River Ganga to be implemented by the National Ganga River Basin......

No untreated waste to flow into Ganga by 2020

No untreated municipal sewage and industrial effluents will flow into the river Ganga by 2020 as part of 'Mission Clean Ganga', according to the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) which......

TCS to construct 860 toilets for girls in schools by 2015-end

Under the first phase, it will be building toilets in 860 schools spread across five districts of Andhra Pradesh, eight of Telangana and two of Bihar Country's largest software exporter TCS on......

Distressed Kanpur leather industry now faces Kumbh trouble

Ahead of the Kumbh Mela from January-March 2019 at Prayag, the tanneries have been asked to shut down to stop discharge of effluents into the Ganga. IMAGE: A leather tannery at an industrial area......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

When sledging backfired...

Rajneesh Gupta picks instances of sledging which backfired spectacularly and the players had to pay dearly for their misadventures.   Sachin Tendulkar vs Abdul Qadir Photograph: Getty Images......