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Yamuna nears danger mark in Delhi

Owing to incessant rains in New Delhi and its upper catchment areas, river Yamuna hovered near the danger mark on Thursday.The heavy and continuous downpour forced commuters to take shelter under......

Ramesh questions construction of CWG Village

Raising questions over construction of Commonwealth Games Village and Akshardham Temple on the banks ofthe Yamuna River, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the former should not have been......

MCD orders probe into Delhi building collapse

Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Tuesday said it is launching a survey to identify unsafe buildings near Yamuna riverbed in the city and ordered a vigilance probe into the house collapse disaster......

Yamuna recedes, but parts of Delhi still inundated

Several low-lying areas in Delhi remained inundated on Friday even as the water level in Yamuna river, which is flowing well above the danger mark, receded. The water level in Yamuna was at 206.14......

Flood situation in Punjab, Haryana grim

Flood situation in Punjab and Haryana remained grim on Friday with Yamuna and other major rivers in the region flowing above the danger level and inundating over 80 villages in Yamunanagar and......

Why the Yamuna's just a dirty drain

Over Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) has flown into the sewage canal the river Yamuna has become since the government began its efforts to clean it up in 1985 - Delhi's allocation of the Yamuna......

India's first high quality township

The expressway that cuts a swathe through the rich soil between the banks of the Yamuna and the Hindon rivers has been spruced up. On either side, poxing the fields with sudden eruptions, are......

SC directs Centre to implement interlinking of rivers project

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and......

High GDP growth? Save water

For villages in Sambalpur, revisiting old ponds has meant a return to prosperity. The legacy of progress in time has been faster transportation, better communication, taller buildings and lots......

Rain cramps business in Punjab, Haryana

Heavy rainfall in the last 48 hours has brought industrial activities to a halt. The scientific instruments cluster of Ambala that has over 1,000 micro, small and medium enterprises, is the worst......

'People like me got limited roles'

I was born in a sprawling house by the Yamuna River in Delhi. When I was a few minutes old, Grandmother welcomed me into the world by writing 'Om,' which means 'I am' in Sanskrit, on my tongue......

Fans celebrate Big B's 68th birthday

Fans of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan celebrated his 68th birthday across India on Monday by offering prayers for his good health and happiness. People gathered outside the gate of the......

Paraplegic Deepa Malik sets her eyes on London Paralympics

Confined to wheelchair due to paralysis, Deepa Malik, who found a place in the Limca Book of Records for the third time recently for becoming the first paraplegic woman to reach world's highest......

Prince Charles arrives in India for CWG opening

Britain's Prince Charles and wife Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwell,arrived in New Delhi on Saturday on a three-day visit to India during whichthey willattend the Opening Ceremony of......

'Winning more medals will help salvage prestige'

Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh has comedown heavily onofficials of the Commonwealth Games Federation, particularly Mike Fennell and Mike Hooper. The duo have been spewing venom and criticizing......

Commonwealth Games preparations go down to wire

When the head of next month's Commonwealth Games in India says that all the venues are complete, the constant noise of banging hammers and whirring drills that threatens to drown him out suggests......

'CWG village to be ready by March 2010'

Legal tangles might have caused some delay but more than half of the construction work at the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) village in New Delhi is over and the facility would be ready in March......

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Q. Upon which river does Delhi sit?
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Q. aapke ghar ke sabse paas kaun si NADI (river) hain ??
Nauty: A. Yamuna River more

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Q. Name the three rivers which confluence at 'Sangam' the place of Kumb Mela.
Walmika: A. yamuna more

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Q. this time i want mayawati statue taller than burj khalifa in the capital of india(ghabrao mat ram mandir bhi banwayenge ayodhya main).
Dhakka Master: A. Ganga,Yamuna and Sarswati. more

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India warmly remembers Rajiv Gandhi(Article)

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): During the last month, there have been a number of articles in the media which recalled 1986, when about 200 Chinese... ...

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/05/21/272-India-warmly-remembers-Rajiv-Gandhi-Article-.html

National Green Tribunal directs authorities to demolish illegal structures on Yamuna

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed authorities to demolish all unauthorised structures erected on the river bed and flood plains... ...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/national-green-tribunal-unauthorised-structures-illegal-structures-yamuna-floodplains-yamuna-river-bed/1/272196.html

GREEN TRIBUNAL STEPS IN TO SAVE YAMUNA

IMPLICATIONS OF THE ORDERConstruction on Yamuna river bank in Jamia Nagar in Delhi may face the hammer Around 4,000 hectares of development in... ...

http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?issue=10872013052100000000001001&page=2&article=cc4391df-8ab1-4be7-a166-37f36f82c58e&key=FDQs8vMe80nijs6mb4LrnQ%3d%3d&feed=rss

Drain or a river, govt not sure

NEW DELHI: It's official. Even the government authorities are not sure whether the stretch of Yamuna between two barrages in Wazirabad and Okhla is... ...

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GREEN PANEL SEES RED

THE ORDER Green tribunal asked governments of states along Yamuna, including Hindon river, to clear concrete illegal structures from the notified... ...

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