Gangotri glacier receded 1.5 km in 30 yrs

"Even as India ponders about the way forward to minimise the catastrophic effects of climate change, latest data from the ISRO has confirmed that sources of India's perennial rivers are slowly contracting - the...

All is not well in the water front

The picture was taken near Sagar in Sunderbans, West Bengal. Sunderbans is an archipelago traversed by countless creeks, streams and rivers, consisting of the largest mangrove forest in the world. The area...

India - Centre to pump in Rs 15,000 cr to clean Ganga

Mother Ganga. That is what  450 million Indians dependent on river Ganga (Ganges) for their life calls this 2510 km long river. Considered as a holy river and goddess who can washes away all...

Recharging battery at Rishikesh Ganga Aarti

An invitation was a blessing in disguise to embark on a Journey to Parmarth Niketan Ashram and was accepted gladly, not for any religious reasons, but out of sheer admiration and reverence for the mighty River...

Uttarakhand:Environmetalist to target The Central Government Now

Latest News;Delhi Prof. G.D. Aggarwal leading environmentalist who has taken up the cause of saving Ganges from the rampant construction of Hydel Projects on the river By the State and the central...

Nepal: 16 Killed, Many Missing in Dolpa Snowfall

"At least 16 persons were killed and around a thousand missing in Dolpa district after they were buried in heavy snowfall at Tangtyange Lekh area on Saturday. The incident occurred on Saturday night while heavy snowfall hit the tents being used by the locals who were there to...

Nepal: 16 Killed, Many Missing in Dolpa Snowfall

"At least 16 persons were killed and around a thousand missing in Dolpa district after they were buried in heavy snowfall at Tangtyange Lekh area on Saturday. The incident occurred on Saturday night while heavy snowfall hit the tents being used by the locals who were there to...

Fireman Has Surgery To Look Like Bruce Willis

"California - A firefighter has undergone plastic surgery in India to look like Hollywood star Bruce Willis. John Joseph Conway, 43, from Chicago, checked into the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi with a...

Cleansing the cleanser

"Twenty years since the operation to clean up the mighty Ganga began, the holy river of the Hindus is no longer that polluted."

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