Everything you need to know about Ganga Sarai Bo: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Ganga Sarai Bo: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) Mohit Raina is tagged as "hottest god on the small screen", thanks to his role of Lord Shiva in the mythological TV show "Devon Ka Dev - Mahadev". Happy doing the role, he has no fears of being "typecast".
Lucknow, May 10 (IANS) In a first, citizens of Varanasi Friday lodged police complaints against "unknown" people for polluting the Ganga.
Rishikesh, May 9 (IANS) Experts, environmentalists and spiritual leaders Thursday demanded that the government should ensure free flow of at least 51 percent of water in the Ganga and Yamuna, two major Indian rivers.
Lucknow, May 6 (IANS) After travelling over 5,000 km and covering 27 places across seven states in two months, the central command of the Indian Army Monday bade farewell to the "Surya Kiran" torch, which was immersed in the Ganga at Varanasi.
Haridwar, May 6 (IANS) Having worked for three years to clean rivers within the country, the All-World Gayatri Pariwar (AWGP) will launch a programme May 18 for cleaning the Bagmati river and the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): Vice President, Hamid Ansari released a book entitled "Fida-e-Lucknow - Tales of the city and its people" authored by Parveen Talha, a former member of the UPSC, at a function here today.
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Planet Saturn will come close to Earth Sunday - its closest position till 2023 - and will be visible directly opposite the Sun, an astrophysicist said here Saturday.
Manas (Assam), April 24 (IANS) Conservationists are delighted that a rhino which was reared at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) has given birth in the wild, officials said.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit Friday underwent a surgery for sinusitis in a city hospital, doctors said.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A 23-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh, who suffered serious burn injuries after an acid attack by two unidentified bike-borne men, is now in stable condition, doctors said Thursday.
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) A US-based Indian engineer has designed and patented three waste disposal units that "match architecture and road systems" of India.
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) Eight youths drowned in the Ganga river in two separate incidents in Kanpur during Holi Wednesday, police said.
Lucknow, March 24 (IANS) The successful hosting of Maha Kumbh 2013 has earned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav an invite from Harvard University to speak on how the 55-day religious congregation, which attracted tens of millions of people from India and around the world, went off like clockwork and was praised its organisation worldwide.
Patna, March 23 (IANS) At least two people drowned and 10 were missing after a boat ferrying over 35 people capsized in the Ganga river in Bihar's Bhagalpur district Saturday, police said.
Haridwar, March 18 (IANS) Worried at the increasing pollution in the Ganga, the All World Gayatri Pariwar, a religious group with followers in different cities, Sunday initiated a programme for the cleaning and conservation of the holy river.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Timely detection in the form of routine urine, blood and blood pressure tests can prevent the rising chronic kidney cases in India, doctors said here Thursday on the occasion of World Kidney Day.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Young people in their 20s are increasingly becoming prone to kidney ailments, not only due to unhealthy diets, smoking and drinking but a new threat - downing protein supplements without proper advice, doctors warn.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Monday said there was a need to set up an authority to check "atrocities against rivers".
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) Maha Shivratri was celebrated in the eastern metropolis here Sunday with hymns, chants and fasts as Hindu devotees thronged temples and the banks of the holy Ganga to offer prayers to Lord Shiva.
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Alumni from various Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Friday urged the government to set up a commission to re-look into the issues plaguing Ganga and Yamuna rivers.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Actor Shabbir Ahluwalia, known as the small screen's bad boy, is enjoying his new role as producer.
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Actor Vivek Oberoi, who is actively involved in philanthropy, has pledged to build bio-digester toilets as part of clean Ganga campaign.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Actor Vivek Oberoi, along with his family, is in Allahabad for the Mahakumbh there.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Deepika Gupta, 35, a lawyer in a Delhi court, has been into a few relationships but has not been able to narrow down to Mr Right. With her biological clock ticking fast and her wish to have her own children in the near future, she has now chosen to have her eggs frozen and have babies when she finds her companion.
Allahabad, Feb 14 (IANS) Marking Valentine's Day, several spiritual leaders Thursday urged people at the Kumbh Mela here to treat the Ganga as their valentine everyday.
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) France is connecting to India with new arts projects from Indian cultural sensitivities at the ongoing three-month long Bonjour festival in 16 Indian cities. It began Jan 26 here and will close in April.
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) A swine flu patient died while 33 people tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus here, taking the toll to four and total number of cases to 154 this year, an official said.
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Filmmaker Ekta Kapoor along with the cast of "Ek Thi Daayan" is set to perform a yagna at the Maha Kumbh in Allahabad.
Allahabad, Jan 26 (IANS) More than 1,000 people from across India and around the world will march here to celebrate India's Republic Day on the banks of the Ganga at the Kumbh Mela Saturday.
Allahabad, Jan 25 (IANS) A divine Shakti festival was launched at the Ganga Action Parivar Global Sangam camp Friday to hold yoga, meditation and musical functions to celebrate the divine feminity.
Allahabad, Jan 22 (ANI): Former Indian Army Chief General (retired) Vijay Kumar Singh on Tuesday participated in the Ganga Sansad (a campaign) to protect the holy river from pollution and encroachments, as part of the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Allahabad.
Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) After failed attempts to attract private investors for the Ganga Expressway project along the banks of the river here on the lines of Mumbai's Marine Drive, a government agency has now been roped in to construct it, an official said.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Britain's Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) would soon begin exchange programmes with hospitals across India to share knowledge and bring about improvements in the field of surgery, its chief said here Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments and their pollution control boards to prepare for a pollution-free Yamuna-Ganga during the Kumbh Festival which begins in Allahabad Jan 14.
New Delhi, Jan. 11 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has been monitoring the availability of adequate water from Tehri Dam in River Ganga at Allahabad during the Maha Kumbh Mela.
Haridwar, Jan 10 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has announced that by 2013 untreated water will stop flowing into the Ganga river in the state.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The BJP Monday accused the UPA government of not implementing its schemes for cleaning the Ganga river and inter-linking of rivers to combat recurrent floods and droughts despite a Supreme Court directive.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) In an indication of his confidence about getting a second term, BJP president Nitin Gadkari Monday said the party will promise cleanliness of the Ganga river in its manifesto for the next general election.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Monday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has not pursued inter-linking of rivers to cope with the problem of recurrent floods and droughts though the Supreme Court had also given directions on the issue.
The anger against the gang rape and brutal attack with the girl in Delhi has now attained a different move with new height when the girls and women agitators marched outside the Rashtrapati Bhavan by breaching the various security arrangements.
New Delhi, Dec. 21 (ANI): Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar have been asked to present themselves before Parliament's Standing Committee on Home Affairs on December 27 in connection with the recent rape of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus on the outskirts of the national capital.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) As people in their hordes hit the streets of Delhi to vent grief and anger over the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman last Sunday, a city hospital Friday offered the victim free intestinal transplant.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The number of organ donations is much lower in the country compared to other nations, experts said here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra Wednesday pledged to donate her organs, officials at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here said.
Patna/Kanpur, Dec. 2 (ANI): Thousands have joined a Clean River Ganga campaign in Kanpur and Patna over the weekend.
London, Nov 28 (ANI): She may only be 2ft 7in tall, but Hindu nun Anjali Barma is a towering presence at her temple in the Indian holy city of Haridwar.
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Nov 4 (IANS) Around 5,000 zero waste, "bio-digester" toilets will soon be coming up in villages along the 2,500-km stretch of the Ganga basin, a religious leader associated with the project said here.
Chopal/Shimla, Nov.2 (ANI): Ahead of state assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, people are demanding better medical facilities from the next government.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Shortly after she concluded her over 3,000-km journey along the Ganga, BJP leader Uma Bharti Wednesday said a continuous stream of the river held as sacred by Hindus should be allowed to flow from all dams to save it.
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) Researchers have created a 3D map to pinpoint malformations in an unborn heart and how it can be damaged by alcohol, drugs and other factors.
Chennai, Oct 22 (IANS) Pawan Kalyan starrer Telugu political satire "Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu" garnered a whopping Rs.52 crore at the box office, which includes overseas collection, in its opening weekend, despite Telangana activists disrupting screenings in some parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Telugu political satire "Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu" has ended up inviting the wrath of Telangana activists despite the fact that the makers have agreed to edit out objectionable scenes.
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Actress Sonam Kapoor, who is shooting for her upcoming film "Raanjhnaa" in Banaras, was mesmerised by the famous "Ganga aarti".
Intake of folic acid and vitamin B could curb the risk of vascular disease in Indian patients, a study revealed Friday.
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Adequate folic acid and vitamin B intake could help reduce vascular disease risk in Indian patients, a study released here said Friday.
Thiruvanathapuram, Oct 11 (IANS) India, its people, its religions and its scenic panoramas have exerted a powerful influence on two Israeli authors who have visited the country several times and plan further visits for ideas as well as fun.
Imphal, Oct.7 (ANI): A 12-member Thai delegation recently surveyed Moreh town in Manipur with regard to improving land connectivity between India, Myanmar and Thailand.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Two of Israel's well-known women writers - Dorit Rabinyan and Sarai Shavit - lent a touch of foreign glamour to the Delhi leg of the Kovalam Literary Festival 2012 here Wednesday and will go over to Kovalam this weekend.
Patna, Oct 5 (IANS) Bihar observed Dolphin Day Friday to raise awareness about conservation of the Ganga river dolphin declared as India's national aquatic animal.
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind surgery in India, doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital operated upon a 46-day-old baby to recreate half of her heart, giving her a normal life she would have otherwise missed, medical officials said Thursday.
In order to gain tourists attraction Bihar government has planned to develop a dolphin watch centre along the Ganga river that will also promote the conservation awareness about the endangered mammal declared as India's National Aquatic Animal....
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) Bihar plans to develop a dolphin watch centre along the Ganga river here as a major tourist attraction as well as to raise conservation awareness about the endangered mammal declared as India's National Aquatic Animal.
Lucknow, Sep 28 (IANS) Politicians rarely find time for anything other than politics -- but for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the cause of saving the Gangetic Dolphins seems to have struck a chord.
Lucknow, Sep 27 (IANS) A high-level team from the World Bank Thursday visited the Uttar Pradesh capital and took stock of the modernisation process of Lower Ganga Canal irrigation project, which is being financed by it, official said.
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) After being denied permission by the West Bengal government to hold rallies to mark the commencement of 'Ganga Samagra Yatra' at Gangasagar area in the South 24 Parganas district, senior BJP leader Uma Bharati Wednesday challenged the state government to stop her from holding a rally.
Port of Spain, Sep 11 (IANS/CMC) Afghanistan were adjudged winners of the Asia versus the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament after three teams won the same number of matches.
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IANS) India and five other nations of the Mekong Ganga grouping -Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia - Tuesday decided to fast-track key connectivity projects in Southeast Asia and firmed up new pathways of developmental cooperation in diverse areas, including food security.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Tej Ram, chairman of the Sir Ganga Ram Trust Society, which runs Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here, died here Monday of a brain haemorrhage, a statement said. He was 88.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Senior officials of the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation grouping, also comprising Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, met here to firm up the agenda for the meeting of their foreign ministers to explore pathways of collaboration among the six countries.
In a bid to review the cooperation among Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) group and setting out the future direction of this group, India is hosting today its sixth meeting in the capital..........
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is working free of cost in Bhojpuri film "Ganga Devi", says regional films need support and that is why he never chargeas for such movies.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (ANI): India is hosting the sixth Mekong Ganga Cooperation Meetings on September 3 and 4 at New Delhi.
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who will be seen with his wife Jaya Bachchan in Bhojpuri film "Ganga Devi", says there is lot of restriction when your wife is on the sets and he gets conscious in her presence.
Jaipur, Aug 20 (IANS) A 10-year-old girl belonging to a nomadic family was allegedly kidnapped and then raped by two youths here early Monday, police said.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) A Pakistani son's donation of his liver to his mother has left the woman cured of cirrhosis, doctors at Sir Gangaram Hospital here said Sunday.
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Ahead of the India-ASEAN commemorative summit in December, India will be hosting a meeting of the six-nation Mekong-Ganga Cooperation grouping that will bring the foreign ministers of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia here next month.
Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) The Bihar government has approved the much awaited Ganga Expressway project along the banks of the Ganga in Patna modelled on Mumbai's Marine Drive.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) India, where over 70,000 women die of cervical cancer every year, should opt for preventive vaccination against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) that causes the disease as this would go a long way in preventing its spread, health experts say.
Jaipur, Aug 4 (IANS) A 65-year old tribal woman in Rajasthan's Udaipur district approached the police Saturday accusing her neighbours of branding her a witch and beating her up, officials said.
Varanasi, June 23 (ANI): Priests delivered religious discourse on the banks of the Ganges here on Saturday to spread awareness among the masses about restoring the sanctity of the river and urged the government to take steps to cleanse it.
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A serious water shortage in the peak summer months has made life miserable for hundreds of thousands in the Indian capital, sparking street protests. Experts say the crisis can only worsen in the long run.
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Wednesday honoured filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar with Ganga Sharan Singh Award along with Shyam Benegal and Girish Karnad for their contribution to Hindi cinema.
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Hundreds of protesters gathered at the capital's protest hotspot Jantar Mantar Monday, demanding the government initiate quick action to clean up the Ganga and Yamuna rivers.
"Save River Ganga campaign", Activists protest at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial New Delhi
New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Chetan Chauhan and Congress leader Digvijay Singh joined hands with activists and environmentalists in save River Ganga campaign here on Monday.
New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): Activists and Hindu saints gathered at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi and urged the central government to ban building of any more dams across the River Ganga and to take adequate steps to restore its sanctity and purity.
Mathura, June 17 (ANI): A campaign demanding cleaning of rivers Ganga and Yamuna was initiated by the activists here on Sunday.
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) A Delhi traffic constable was attacked and robbed of a motorbike he had seized for a traffic violation by the errant owner and his accomplices, police said Thursday.
Allahabad, June 10 (ANI): Hundreds of locals and activists initiated a foot march here to spread awareness about the Clean Ganga campaign on Sunday, and urged the Central government to take firm steps to clean up the holy river.
Varanasi, May 31 (ANI): Thousands of Hindu devotees converged on the banks of River Ganga in Varanasi on Thursday to celebrate the Ganga Dussehra festival which marks the day when the Goddess Ganga descended on earth through the locks of Lord Shiva.
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) To ensure free flow and clean water in the Ganga, the union environment ministry is formulating a plan to cut down the capacity of major hydroelectric plants operational on the river, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) To ensure free flow and clean water in the Ganga, the union environment ministry is formulating a plan to cut down the capacity of major hydroelectric plants operational on the river, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Tuesday.
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now taken up the cause of preserving the river Ganga and announced a panel Friday led by its firebrand leader Uma Bharati.
Varanasi, May 22 (ANI): Activists in Varanasi have slammed the Central Government for failing to adopt concrete measures to clean the River Ganges.
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) A class 10 student who was stabbed with a paper cutter by his classmate at a school in central Delhi is stable and will be discharged Thursday, a doctor treating him said. The accused student was enraged over a photo uploaded on Facebook.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Activists working for the Ganga river conservation Monday threatened to launch a massive campaign from Varanasi May 21 if the government failed to take effective steps in this direction.
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Filmmaker Shirish Kunder is excited to know that his much- anticipated movie "Joker" has featured in New York Times' August movie release schedule.
Dhaka, May 8 (ANI): Former Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shamsher M. Chowdhury has said the recent statement issued by India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during his visit to Dhaka on the bilateral water disputes, is encouraging.
