Contradictory views emerged during the National Dialogue on Ganga (Ganga Manthan) here on Monday with a majority of stakeholders, including saints and NGOs, questioning the government plan for navi

VARANASI: Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi use the expertise of Sulabh International, a pioneer organization working in the field of biogas generation from human excreta, to save Ganga from sewage

An expert member of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) and environment scientist at Banaras Hindu University Prof BD Tripathi suggests the direct control of the central government over th

Every year people observe the World Environment Day on June 5 and pledge to protect the environment and keep the rivers clean but fail to follow it in a long run.

The new environment, forests and climate change minister, Prakash Javadekar, has been advised by the bureaucracy at Paryavaran Bhawan against continuing with the ban on mining in forests and morato

A two-year-old project to rejuvenate Varanasi's ghats could get a boost under the new government with the new tourism and culture minister, Shripad Naik, announcing he would discuss plans for the h

After leading his party to a clear majority in the Lok Sabha polls, Modi again went to Varanasi where he prayed to the river Ganga.

One of the initial tasks in hand for the Modi government should be to restore the ecological flow of the Ganga, environmentalists say

PM-elect Narendra Modi is yet to take Oath of Office but the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has already started making efforts to bring his promises to fruition.

Even before he enters parliament as MP of Varanasi and India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has already started development plans for his parliamentary constituency as well as the rest of the coun