Three major rivers of the country---the Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma---devoured 1,58,780 hectares of land, rendering about 20 lakh people homeless since 1973, a research organisation working with river and water resources said here on Wednesday.

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday swept across a narrow swathe of Asia, where hundreds of millions of people watched the skies darken, though in some places thick summer clouds blocked the sun.

The very old proverb 'Barind is a land whose name is written in water' seems to be true to its alphabets as without water, the existence of the vast Barind region under greater Rajshahi districts (Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore) is going to become extinct.

Anita Joshua

NEW DELHI: The Ganga and the Yamuna are no cleaner today than they were two decades ago, though the government is spending huge amounts on action plans for the rivers, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Ganga, Yamuna No Cleaner Now Than 20 Years Ago: Ramesh
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IN A frank admission, the Centre on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that Ganga and Yamuna were

Pranab Mukherjee missed the target by a mile in a bid to, as he said,

Rashme Sehgal
July 1: The Ganga remains in drastic need for a resuscitation. The Planning Commission has prepared a report on the water quality data of the river for 2008-2009 and found that despite crores being pumped in to revive the river, its biological oxygen demand (BOD) fails to meet even the standard bathing requirements.

Kangra: Scorching heat has left people in Kangra valley in trauma and most of the natural water sources have dried up which include the centuries old Gupt Ganga also.

The current unprecedented heat wave conditions had never been experienced by the people earlier. Jagdesh Chand (96) said he had never witnessed such scorching heat in the valley earlier.

High court agrees with the Centre uttarakhand high court vacated its stay on a Central government order suspending work on the 600 MW Loha