Bihar acts to clean the Ganges
August 9th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 9 (IANS) In a bid to check pollution in the Ganges, the Bihar pollution control board has directed 21 urban local bodies to build sewage treatment plants along ... Read more...
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Seven UP rivers in spate
August 8th, 2012 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) Seven rivers in Uttar Pradesh are in spate as rains continued in most parts of the state.The Burrhi Rapti river in Kakrahi, Sharda river in Palia ... Read more...
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Bangladesh objections hold up Tripura projects: Minister
August 4th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 4 (IANS) Tripura's many projects of irrigation, flood control and embankment building have been stopped since 2007 following objections from Bangladesh, a state minister said ... Read more...
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Thousands of fishes die in Gomti (Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Authorities in Uttar Pradesh Monday ordered a probe into the death of thousands of fishes which have died in the river Gomti here.The possible reasons that ... Read more...
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Wild animals killed 17 in Mozambique
June 22nd, 2012 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Maputo, June 22 (IANS) Wild animals such as crocodiles, elephants and lions have killed at least 17 people in a Mozambican province this year, according to Radio Mozambique.Over 40 people ... Read more...
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Queen’s diamond jubilee celebration kicks off
June 2nd, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 2 (IANS) Britain kicked off nationwide celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee Saturday.The four-day celebrations commenced with the Queen attending a horse racing at the Epsom ... Read more...
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Ganges should be saved: Bansal
May 12th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 12 (IANS) There is an urgent need to save the Ganges, Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said here Saturday after undertaking an aerial survey of the river ... Read more...
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River erosion upsets BSF at India-Bangladesh border
May 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Silchar, May 8 (IANS) River erosion has made the job of Border Security Force (BSF) guards increasingly difficult and dangerous along the India-Bangladesh border, says a senior BSF official."The erosion ... Read more...
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Asia’s first dolphin research centre to come up in Bihar
April 15th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 15 (IANS) With only about 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins left in India, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago, the Bihar government is planning to ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to catch man-eating crocodiles
April 13th, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka's wildlife department has launched an operation to catch man-eating crocodiles in rivers close to villages.The wildlife department is searching river banks in parts of ... Read more...
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Gangetic river dolphins on road to recovery?
November 11th, 2011 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 11 (IANS) In great news for environmentalists and nature lovers, the population of the endangered Gangetic river dolphin has grown to 223 from about 175 last year at ... Read more...
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As Chhath ends, Hindu-Muslim amity shines through
November 2nd, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 2 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands prayed to the rising sun Wednesday after taking a dip in rivers and ponds across Bihar to mark the end of Chhath. The ... Read more...
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Back home in Bihar on Chhath
November 1st, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 1 (IANS) Satender Singh and Jagnarain Yadav are happy to be back home to celebrate Chhath, Bihar's most popular festival, with family and friends.In their mid-30s, both left ... Read more...
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Bihar’s popular Chhath festival begins
October 30th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 30 (IANS) The four day Chhath festival, one of the most popular and biggest in Bihar, began early Sunday as hundreds of thousands of devotees, mainly married women, ... Read more...
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Thousands of siblings take holy dip in Yamuna
October 28th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mathura/Agra, Oct 28 (IANS) Thousands of brothers and sisters took a holy dip in the Yamuna at Mathura Friday on the festival of Bhai Dooj as the bath is believed ... Read more...
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Five die in Ganges, 21 ghats ‘unsafe’
October 27th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 27 (IANS) A man and his four grandsons drowned in the Ganges in Patna district Thursday even as 21 bathing ghats were declared unsafe and dangerous for use.A ... Read more...
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23 die as hurricane rains hit Central America
October 13th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 13 (IANS) At least 23 people died Wednesday as torrential rain from Hurricane Jova and two other tropical storms caused deadly flash-floods and landslides in El Salvador, ... Read more...
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Bangalore’s Karuturi to fence farms half the size of Addis
October 12th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, Oct 12 (IANS) Bangalore-based Karuturi Global, the world's largest rose producer, will construct embankments in Ethiopia around 25,000 hectares of farmland, half the size of this capital city, ... Read more...
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Durga idols immersed in Meghalaya
October 7th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Oct 6 (IANS) Four days of revelry and merriment came to an end Thursday as idols of goddess Durga and her four children were immersed by teary-eyed devotees ... Read more...
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Bengal bids farewell to Durga
October 6th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Five days of frenzied puja festivities came to an end in West Bengal as idols of Goddess Durga and her children were immersed in the Ganga ... Read more...
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Himachal rivers in spate, alert sounded
July 26th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 26 (IANS) Rivers in Himachal Pradesh are in spate following continuous moderate to heavy rainfall across the state and people living near the banks have been warned, officials ... Read more...
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One crore saplings to be planted across Bengal (Lead)
June 5th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) In a joint initiative with the state government for a greener West Bengal, the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) Sunday announced that it will plant over 45,000 ... Read more...
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One crore sapplings to be planted across Bengal
June 5th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) In a joint initiative with the state government for a greener West Bengal, the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) Sunday announced that it will plant over 45,000 ... Read more...
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Brazilian Amazon activists shot dead as new Forest Code bill advances
May 25th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by BNO News
BRASILIA, BRAZIL (BNO NEWS) -- A Brazilian Amazon activist and his wife were killed in the northern region of the country, as Brazil's House of Deputies approved a new Forest Code, local ... Read more...
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Agra prays for Yamuna floods to wash away garbage
May 24th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, May 24 (IANS) "Flood again, Yamuna maiyya, (Mother Yamuna) and wash away all the garbage." That was the special prayer hundreds of men, women and children gathered at the ... Read more...
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Ethiopia’s biggest dam to help neighbours solve power problem
April 17th, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, April 17 (IANS) Ethiopia has begun constructing the country's biggest power project on the Nile that will be built totally by local engineers and technicians. It will benefit ... Read more...
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Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi Hindus take holy bath
April 11th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 11 (IANS) Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi Hindus Monday took holy bath in the tributaries of the Brahmaputra river on the occasion of "astami snan".The two-day bathing ritual ... Read more...
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It’s already 2011 in Nepal!
December 30th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 30 (IANS) New year celebrations began with gusto in Nepal Thursday, two days ahead of the rest of the world, as the Gurung community ushered in the new ... Read more...
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Six nation expedition traces Brahmaputra’s course
November 25th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 25 (IANS) A six-nation rafting-cum-trekking expedition has successfully covered 3,000 km from the source of the river Brahmaputra in Tibet to its delta in the Bay of Bengal.The 14-member team ... Read more...
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Nitish, Lalu, Paswan resume campaign after Chhath
November 14th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 14 (IANS) A day after Chhath festivities ended, Bihar's top three politicians were back on the campaign trail Sunday for the last round of the six-phase state assembly elections ... Read more...
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Millions in Bihar pray to setting sun on Chhath
November 12th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 12 (IANS) Millions of people across Bihar, mostly women, fasted, sang traditional songs and offered prayers to the setting sun to celebrate the festival of Chhath Friday.Devotees, locally known ... Read more...
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Many Muslim women celebrate Chhath
November 12th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Imran Khan
Patna, Nov 12 (IANS) They make religious lines blur. Nazma Khatoon and Hasanzado Begum - both devout Muslims - don't think twice about observing a fast and performing other rituals ... Read more...
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Yamuna banks in Delhi ready for Chhath Puja
November 12th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Yamuna river banks in the capital are all decked up as nearly 50 lakh people from Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand in the capital prepare ... Read more...
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Festive mood in Bihar as Chhath festival begins
November 10th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 10 (IANS) Millions of devotees offered early morning prayers at river banks across the state Wednesday as the four-day Chhath festival began amidst tight security.Chhath, celebrated six days after Diwali, ... Read more...
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Durga Puja ends as idols immersed with fanfare (Lead)
October 17th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) Four days of revelry and merriment came to an end Sunday as idols of goddess Durga and her four children were immersed by teary-eyed devotees in ponds, lakes ... Read more...
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