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Anna urges PM to convene meeting of Ganga Basin Authority

Anna Hazare on Thursday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately convene a meeting of Ganga Basin Authority and stop construction of dams on the holy river till a decision is taken by the......

Landslide threat to Uttarakhand highway stretch increases: Scientists

Scientists have found that vulnerability of the highway stretch in Uttarakhand between Joshimath and Rishikesh to landslides is likely to increase, owing to continued vegetation removal and......

Nepal quake triggered Sikkim flash floods? Scientists to find out

Scientists are exploring whether the strong earthquake that struck Nepal and the surrounding region on Tuesday is responsible for the south Lhonak lake outburst, which triggered a flash flood in......

Why Gadkari was given the job of cleaning the Ganga

Only 40 of the 160 projects under the Namami Gange Mission -- a Rs 20,000 crore project for cleaning the river -- have been completed. Faced with the herculean task of fulfilling the......

Ganga cleansing on for 30 yrs, SC seeks 'verifiable progress'

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said Ganga cleansing programmes have been going on for over three decades with almost no impact on the ground and wondered whether the government wanted to do......

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......

Govt flip-flops yet again on Uttarakhand dams

Wants another committee to review adverse report of experts against 6 dams The National Democratic Alliance government, unwilling to outright reject 6 new dams in the Uttarakhand hills despite its......

Jairam Ramesh finds a friend in Kapil Sibal

The Ministry of Environment and Forests, which, in the last few weeks, has not shared cordial ties with other ministries-- namely coal, civil aviation and transport -- has finally found a friend in......

ONGC eyes Bihar for oil exploration

Bihar is now poised to emerge as one of India's next major destinations for oil and natural gas reserves. After British exploration giant Cairn Energy Search Ltd, it is now the turn of the Oil and......

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......

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Anna urges PM to convene meeting of Ganga Basin Authority

Landslide threat to Uttarakhand highway stretch increases: Scientists

Nepal quake triggered Sikkim flash floods? Scientists to find out

Why Gadkari was given the job of cleaning the Ganga

Ganga cleansing on for 30 yrs, SC seeks 'verifiable progress'

No untreated waste to flow into Ganga by 2020

Govt flip-flops yet again on Uttarakhand dams

Jairam Ramesh finds a friend in Kapil Sibal

ONGC eyes Bihar for oil exploration

Cabinet okays Rs 7,000 cr to clean Ganga

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