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Cong sees 'silent undercurrent' against BJP in west UP

The Congress on Friday claimed that a 'silent undercurrent' is brewing across western Uttar Pradesh against the 'failures' of the Modi government, as it flagged issues such as 'neglect' of......

15 electrocuted to death at Namami Gange site in U'khand

Fifteen people were electrocuted and seven injured on Wednesday at a sewage treatment plant of the Namami Gange project on the banks of the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, the......

Why Is This Child Opening Libraries?

IMAGE: Akarshana Sathish collected 4,834 books and used them to open three libraries for children in Hyderabad. Photograph: ANI Photo Why are these villagers climbing down a 70-foot well? The Top......

SC asks NGT to set up accountable mechanism to monitor sewage plants in UP

The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the treatment of sewage generated in villages, towns and cities and said untreated waste is discharged into rivers and rivulets polluting the very......

Modi to flag off world's longest Varanasi-Dibrugarh river cruise on Friday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the world's longest river cruise, MV Ganga Vilas, and inaugurate a 'Tent City' on the banks of the Ganga river in Varanasi on January 13 via video......

Distressed Kanpur leather industry now faces Kumbh trouble

Ahead of the Kumbh Mela from January-March 2019 at Prayag, the tanneries have been asked to shut down to stop discharge of effluents into the Ganga. IMAGE: A leather tannery at an industrial area......

UK tycoons pledge Rs 500 crore for cleaning Ganga

Gadkari, who was on a 3-day visit to London, listed the Hinduja family and Sri Prakash Lohia of the Indorama Corporation among the donors. Nitin Gadkari, the Union minister responsible for......

Modi @ 2: The flop story of Pradhan Mantri schemes

Eight out of about 40 schemes are with the nomenclature starting Pradhan Mantri, but except Gramin Sadak and Rozgar Yojana, most others go barely acknowledged. Only a few, including......

NITI Aayog may not scrap UPA's 12th Plan

Contrary to popular belief, the National Democratic Alliance government may not scrap the 12th five-year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) formulated by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.......

Govt must discipline the spending habits of Union ministries

The proliferation of schemes is a result of the competitive populism that underlies political rivalries in India, notes Nitin Desai. Many years ago there was a popular song from an American musical......

What Kangana Thinks Of Modi

Photograph: ANI Photo Kangana Ranaut, who is the BJP candidate from her hometown Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, feels Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an 'ansh' (part) of Lord Ram and Lord Vishnu.......

Here's how much BCCI paid for Neeraj Chopra's javelin

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Neeraj Chopra/Instagram It was BCCI, which had made a winning bid of Rs 1.5 crore for Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's javelin when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's......

Neeraj's javelin, Lovlina's gloves headline second day of e-auction

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra presenting his javelin to PM Modi. Photograph: ANI Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo Olympics javelin and Lovlina Borgohain's boxing gloves hogged the limelight on day two of the......

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