The Latest Breaking News from Ganga

BHAGALPUR: A section of an under construction road bridge over the Ganga at Sultanganj in Bihar collapsed during a thunderstorm but there were no report of any casualty in the incident, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place at around midnight on Friday.

VARANASI: Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple here on Thursday.

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MUZAFFARNAGAR: Ten days after a 33-year-old government school teacher was declared dead due to "drowning" in the accident-prone Upper Ganga canal, her husband and his brother were arrested for murder. Investigation revealed that Gulabahar had been smothered to death allegedly by her husband and his brother, who had then taken…

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PATNA: Water resources department (WRD) minister Sanjay Kumar Jha said on Wednesday that the rubber dam construction on Phalgu river near Vishnupad temple at Bodh Gaya will be ready for use by the pilgrims before the start of the ‘Pitripiksha’ this year. Besides, several other projects have reached the advanced…

VARANASI: The ashes of the legendary singer Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar were immersed in the river Ganga by her family members in Varanasi on Tuesday. She breathed her last at a hospital in Mumbai on February 6.

HARIDWAR: The Uttarakhand high court on Friday heard a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Matri Sadan ashram against mining in the Ganga river. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra and Justice RC Khulbe has sought central government’s response on the matter by March 8.

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to PM Narendra Modi over the “perpetual river erosion” along the Ganga in Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia districts, causing severe loss of public utilities, private properties and agricultural land.