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Sonia instigating JPC demand, so PM resigns: Swamy

Terming Congress President Sonia Gandhi as "gangotri" (fountainhead) of corruption in the country, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said on Wednesday that the opposition should not play her......

British temple cow's ashes immersed in Ganga

The ashes of Gangotri, a 13-year-old sacred temple cow in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, which was put to sleep in December, were on Wednesday scattered in the river Ganga by priests as per......

Gangotri is shrinking 17 meters a year

A recent study has found that the Gangotri Glacier is shrinking at a pace of 17 metres a year due to global warming and climate change.Its mammoth neighbour Pindari Glacier, too, is also melting at......

Uttarakhand: Winners list

List of winners in UttarakhandPurola: Rajesh Juwantha (Congress)Gangotri Gopal Singh Rawat (Bharatiya Janata Party)Yamunotri: Kedar Singh (Congress)Pratapnagar: Vijay Singh (BJP) Tehri: Kishor......

Chardhams tourist season to begin soon

The doors of Gangotri and Yamunotri will be thrown open topilgrims onApril 30.Pilgrims wanting to have darshan of Bhagwan Badrinath and Kedarnath would have to wait till May 4 when the doors of......

Chardham tourist season begins from Apr 30

Gangotri and Yamunotri will be thrown open topilgrimsfrom April 30. Devotees keen tocatch a glimpse ofLord Badrinath and Lord Kedarnathwill have to wait till May 4 when these two sites will reopen......

How India can reduce global warming

The apple economy of Himachal is getting hugely destabilised. Lower snowfall and higher temperatures are making it difficult to grow apples at below 6,000 ft, where they have been grown for almost......

Own Infy, DLF, TCS? Here's some advice

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 30 points at 20,903. But, weakness in overseas markets saw the index soon slip into the negative zone. The index dropped to a low of 20,701 - down 202......

Sensex crashes by 678 points to 18,603

Mirroring weakness in other Asian markets, the Sensex opened with a negative gap of 83 points at 19,198. The index after slipping a bit more tried to recover but could only manage to touch a high......

Uttarakhand now wants to be adventure hot-spot

Uttarakhand, traditionally known for its religious places and spiritual tourism, is now aiming to become an adventure tourism hot spot. The state is, slowly yet steadily, going ahead with achieving......

Bachchans' Bhojpuri outing

The music launch of the Bhojpuri film Gangotri --starring Amitabh Bachchan and Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari --tuned out to be much ado about not much. Incidentally, this is the first time that a......

PIX: The Hottest Southern Actors - Part II

After the hottest Southern heroines featured here and here, we bring you the last installment in our hottest actors down South series. We feature here, the actors who've ruled the box office and......

Co-star arrested for Yogi actor's death

Actress Laveena Bhatia has been arrested in connection with murder of actor Kunal Singh, who was found dead at his residence in last February, the police said today. Kunal had starred in Bhojpuri......

Ranji final: Dhawal, Agarkar put Mumbai in command

Dhawal Kulkarni's composed 87, followed by three quick scalps by former India pacer Ajit Agarkar, put Mumbai within seven wickets of defending their Ranji Trophy crown, at the Gangotri Glades......

Karnataka-Mumbai Ranji final keenly poised

Bowled out for a modest 233 in their first essay, Mumbai came out all guns blazing and skittled out Karnataka for a paltry 130 in their first innings on the dramatic second day of the Ranji Trophy......

Karnataka-Mumbai Ranji final keenly poised

Agarkar fined for showing dissent

Mumbai pacer Ajit Agarkar has been fined 50 per cent of his match fees for showing dissent after being given out during his side's ongoing Ranji Trophy final against Karnataka at the Gangotri......

Karnataka take Day 1 honours in Ranji final

New ball colleagues R Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun wrecked Mumbai with seven scalps between them as Karnataka stole the opening day's honours in the Ranji Trophy final at the Gangotri Glades in......

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Q. Where does the Ganges River start?
Sundaram: A. more

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Q. What is the most important origin of the water in the ganga river?
Sundaram: A. from Gangotri but actually it is from the head of Shiv more

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Q. 'NGRBA' which was recently in news stands for- 1 National Gangotri River Basin Authority 2 National Godavari River Basin Authority 3 National Ganga River Basin Authority 4 None of the above
Joyesh Dirty: A. Gangotri Glacier, Satopanth Glacier, Khatling Glacier, and waters from melted snow from such peaks as Nanda Devi, Trisul, Kedarnath, Nanda Kot, and...... more

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Q. Is qna an ideal platform to make good friendship?
Radar: A. National Ganga River Basin Authority more

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Howrah woman on top of the world

Calcutta, May 18: A 31-year-old woman from Howrah who has devoted the better part of her life to mountaineering scaled the Everest today. Chhanda... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130519/jsp/bengal/story_16914018.jsp

Walk by a river

Anurag Mallick & Priya Ganapathy, May 19, 2013, DHNS : To the mountains Anurag Mallick & Priya Ganapathy journey along the Ganga from Rishikesh to... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/333158/walk-river.html

Darjeeling Cong to take to streets

statesman news serviceSILIGURI, 17 MAY: The Darjeeling district Congress would take to the streets against the Trinamul Congress for allegedly... ...

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456849&catid=72

No-trust dare to Trinamul

The Congress today challenged Trinamul to move a no-trust motion against Siliguri municipal corporation mayor Gangotri Datta if it was not... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130518/jsp/siliguri/story_16910228.jsp

Expedition to Mount Kailash

Northern side of Mt Kailash - Photo by Ondřej Žváček Via Wikimedia Commons. Ahmedabad: A joint expedition of five young Indian girls and seven... ...

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130516/commentary-op-ed/commentary/dc-50-years-ago-expedition-mount-kailash

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