Chacha Chaudhary declared Namami Gange mascot

Indian comic book character Chacha Chaudhary has been declared as the mascot of the government's Namami Gange Programme with an aim of bringing behavioural change among children towards the Ganga......

After 4 years of Namami Gange, how clean is India's holiest river?

'Though the river is cleaner than what it was five years ago, a lot more needs to be done.' IMAGE: Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of the annual Hindu......

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......

PM Modi's donations from savings, auctions exceed Rs 103 cr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's donations to a number of public causes, ranging from girl child education to the cleaning of Ganga, from his savings and the proceeds of auctions of the gifts he......

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......

Govt must discipline the spending habits of Union ministries

The proliferation of schemes is a result of the competitive populism that underlies political rivalries in India, notes Nitin Desai. Many years ago there was a popular song from an American musical......

Neeraj's javelin, Lovlina's gloves headline second day of e-auction

  IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra presenting his javelin to PM Modi. Photograph: ANI Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo Olympics javelin and Lovlina Borgohain's boxing gloves hogged the limelight on day two of the......