Inside a shamiana (a ceremonial tent), commonly used for festive occasions in India, a stage has been set for Nautanki. The crowd gathers in anticipation. A man in khaki trousers, a pink-and-purple ...

Experts, academics and citizens called for the conservation of Ganga ghats in Kolkata amid concerns over rapid urbanisation, erosion and pollution. At a seminar on “The Riverbank City: Kolkata and its ...

The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file a detailed report with primary data on the water quality monitoring of ...

The Ganga River is among several prominent rivers where stretches were identified to have deteriorated in water quality, according to a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) assessment report ...

According to the Central Water Commission, the water level in Ganga touched 71 metres on Friday, crossing its warning mark of 70.262 metres.

With water level in the Ganga river rising steadily, normal activities on the ghats of Varanasi have been disrupted, including the 'aarti' ritual and cremations, officials said on Thursday. After a ...

It's easy to roll your eyes at the cassette trend. Just as easy as it was to roll your eyes at vinyl 15 years ago—easier, probably—but there's no use fighting it. Nostalgia comes for all of us in some ...

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has launched a project led by IIT Kanpur, with researchers at the institute combining rare images captured in 1965 by the American spy satellite series ...

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has launched a new project with IIT Kanpur to improve the health of the river. Declassified Corona imagery along the main stem of the Ganga (Sourced) This ...

A latest set of stories, released as part of a collaboration between the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Diamond Books publication, blends humour, action and environmental awareness in a ...

Ganga River In Bangladesh: When the Ganga River flows into Bangladesh, it gets a new name, Padma River. This change happens at the border after the river leaves India’s West Bengal state and enters ...

India is a land of many rivers, each with its own story and spiritual meaning. Among them, one southern river is so sacred and mighty that it is often compared to the holy Ganga of the north. Let’s ...