Yamuna

Settling a fractious issue that goes back more than a century, the top court in a historic judgement backed the construction of a Ram Temple by a trust at the disputed site, and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for a mosque in the... read more

Even though no idol immersions happened at the ghats, the areas around were littered with plastic waste from household pujas. read more

Idol immersions during Durga Puja, which is supposed to happen only in artificial ponds this year to protect the Yamuna, is likely to be a litmus test for the Delhi government, civic agencies and over 500 Durga Puja committees in the city on Tuesday. read more

Although no incident of attack has been reported so far from any part of the district, residents of villages and low-lying areas live in constant fear. read more

The north and east Delhi municipal corporations, following the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) orders, have published advertisements asking craftsmen making idols for Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja to mandatorily register with the civic bodies. read more

Yogi Adityanath was speaking during the first episode of the ‘Highway to Progress’ programme of HT’s sister publication Hindustan in Agra. read more

NORTHERN ZONAL COUNCIL MEET: Union home minister refers to Punjab as elder brother; Khattar urges Shah to set up statutory body for regional infrastructure development read more

The move is not only aimed at keeping the Yamuna river clean, as was observed after the Ganesh Puja, but is also expected to help reduce traffic chaos as the puja committees would need not go anywhere to immerse the idols. read more

The elephant and the mahaout were traced from east Delhi’s Yamuna Khadar near Chilla village, the police said. read more

On Tuesday, a day-long search by a 14-member team of forest department proved futile even as the animal’s dung and footprints were found near Ghazipur in east Delhi around 12.30pm. read more

Both the Ganga and the Yamuna were flowing less than a metre below the danger mark in Prayagraj on Sunday. The water level of the two rivers was rising at a pace of 3 centimetres per hour, according to a report. read more

Police said the incident took place around 9pm when a total of eight persons had entered the Yamuna to bathe, despite being told not to go into the river owing to lack of light and depth of water. read more

The tribunal — noting the findings of the monitoring committee reports that faecal sludge from more than 1700 unauthorised colonies was polluting the Yamuna read more

The developers, in their petition, mentioned an earlier order of the NGT directing the Maharashtra government to upgrade its STPs to meet the city’s requirements rather than forcing developers to install online analysers. read more

According to officials in Delhi government’s forest department, there has been no trace of the 59-year-old elephant so far and a letter was sent out last month to chief wildlife wardens of all states, alerting them to be on a lookout for the elephan... read more