The Latest Breaking News from Ganga

NEW DELHI: Dramatic scenes emerged from Haridwar on Wednesday evening as the protesting wrestlers, who had reached the bank of river Ganga to immerse their medals into the holy river, were stopped by farmer leader Naresh Tikait.

Athletes protesting against alleged sexual harassment by official threatened to throw their medals in river in Haridwar.

He also pointed out that at many locations along the banks of the Ganga, solid waste was being dumped, which was making its way into the river water.

A first of its kind analysis of the sludge found in Indian sewage treatment plants (STP), set up to treat polluted water from the Ganga, found that most of it had “high potential” for use as fertilizer

PATNA: The construction work of the JP Ganga Path, popularly known as Patna Marine Drive, up to Gaighat would be completed by June this year, while ongoing works of the Kachchi Dargah–Bidupur six-lane Greenfield bridge over Ganga river would be completed up to Raghopur by December this year, officials told…

BAREILLY: Five MBBS students of Budaun’s government medical college drowned in river Ganga while taking holy dip on the occasion of Maha Shivratri on Saturday.

Five MBBS students were drown in Ganga in Badaun while bathing. Two were rescued while search for 3 is still continuing. Read the full report on Dynamite News:

A large number of devotees thronged the Prayag Ghat in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi and took a holy dip in the river Ganga on Sunday morning on the occasion of Magh Purnima, the full moon night in the Magha month of the Hindu calendar. Read further on Dynamite News:

VARANASI: A boat ride on Ganga for experiencing the mystical tranquility of sunrise or enjoy the divine view of the majestic evening ‘Aarti’ tops the must-do list of believers thronging the holy city.