According to a monitoring committee overseeing the cleaning of river Yamuna, the river is ‘virtually reduced to a trickle and remains dry in some stretches for almost nine months of the year’. read more

A man walks along a large amount of toxic industrial waste-foam that has become a common sight along the banks of the heavily polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi.

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Yamuna is an integral part of Taj’s design and there was no anticipation that it would dry or become narrow. But the river has narrowed and it’s polluted. The wooden foundations are likely to become brittle and might disintegrate because, as Venice which... read more

The direction to the Delhi governement came at a time when the DJB had to shut down three water treatment plants (WTPs) on Sunday after concentration of ammonia in Yamuna river water shot up at least two times above the limit that could be treated by... read more

The DJB has urged residents to store water and use it judiciously till conditions become normal. read more

For an IIT Kanpur PhD scholar, whose logo finally went on to be approved by the authorities, the name-change from Allahabad to Prayagraj, in fact, made the task easier for him as the symmetry of letter “A” was offering not much to play with. read more

The recently christened Prayagraj, headquarters of the North Central Railway, is the nerve-centre of the event, which is expected to attract about 120 million people - or almost twice the population of Britain -- during the holy festival at the confluence... read more

Yamuna is almost dead with high levels of toxic chemicals. The committee said sewage, mainly faecal sludge from these colonies being directly emptied into the river, adds to extremely high levels of pollutants not allowing the water body to sustain ... read more

Police officials say that preliminary investigation reveals that the accused was under the influence of liquor at the time of the incident. After firing two rounds in the air, there was some snag in the pistol. read more

As many as 30 co-educational government schools have approached the Sachhi Saheli NGO this year to organise workshops in order to sensitise students about menstruation. read more

Kashmiri cleric Manzoor Banday displays a holy relic believed to contain a hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammad during Eid Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet, at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on November 21, 2018.

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On Friday, two medical students on a motorcycle were killed after they rammed into a divider on the Signature bridge and fell into the Yamuna river. read more

The bikers were rushed to a nearby hospital but could not be saved. read more

An elephant sprays dust outside the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital in Mathura. The facility, which opened last week is India’s first hospital for elephants, equipped with facilities such as wireless digital X-Ray, thermal imaging, ultrasonography, tranquilization and quarantine facilities. It comes not just as aid to elephants but is also drawing tourists.

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After the water level went down, the garbage dumps have resurfaced and are attracting insects, mosquitoes and even bodies of animals are piling up on the river bed spreading the stink. read more