Mangaluru: Theft at temple in Attavar – Items worth Rs 2 lac stolen
Thieves broke into the Uma Maheshwara temple in Attavar near here and escaped with articlesworth more than Rs 2 lakh, police said today. The theft came to light when children arrived at the temple for early morning prayers. The stolen items include the Vigraha Kavacha of the presiding deity Shiva apart from the silver ornaments on the idols of Lord More...
Fish ladders to be put up in Ganga to help hilsa breeding: Uma Bharti | The Indian Express
Uma Bharti said the real benchmark that Ganga is pollution free would be the return of aqua life in the river. Plans are afoot to install ‘fish ladders’ in river Ganga near the Farakka Barrage in West Bengal More...
Clean Ganga Fund: Over 132 crore donated to clean the river | The Indian Express
New Delhi, Aug 4 (PTI) The Clean Ganga Fund launched by the NDA government as part of its ambitious mission to clean the river has received more than Rs 132 crore in donations.“An amount of Rs 132,43,81,681 has More...
Temple at Oottathur in ruins – The Hindu
Suddha Rathneswarar Temple at Oottathur near Padalur on the Tiruchi–Chennai National Highway remains in a neglected condition. Absence of ‘palli arai’ and temple kitchen speaks volume about its poor condition. The More...
Temple sealed, open and shut again after tension over folk idol – The New Indian Express
ARIYALUR:The ill-advised move to open a disputed temple for worship without efforts to broker peace has sparked caste tensions at Silambur in Ariyalur, where prohibitory orders have been clamped. In less than a More...
Illegal mining on Kannanur Mariamman Temple land alleged – The Hindu
A complaint has been lodged with Omalur police that a temple land was encroached and stone quarrying was done illegally using explosives. In his complaint, founder of Thiru Thondargal Saba A. Radhakrishnan said More...
‘Sewage plants on Ganga being delayed due to land acquisition’ | The Indian Express
The process of setting up sewage treatment plants on the banks of the Ganga was getting delayed due to land acquisition and related issues, government said on Monday. “Even today, 3,000 million litres per day More...
RTI revelation: Rs 2,958 crore spent on Ganga ‘clean-up’ without visible results – The Economic Times
LUCKNOW: It is not just the opposition which is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emotive connect with the river Ganga. Statistics show that very little has been done in the past two years of BJP More...
Ganga will start drying up in next 25 years: Environmental scientist – The New Indian Express
VARANASI : In the late 1960s, BD Tripathi, a professor at the Banaras Hindu University, took his mom for a holy dip to the river Ganga. He spotted the carcass of a cow floating in the river, with vultures preying More...
NRIs/PIOs can now contribute to Swachch Bharat, Clean Ganga
NRIs and Persons of Indian Origion (PIOs) will now be able to make monetary contributions online for government’s flagship programmes ‘Swachch Bharat’ and Clean Ganga among other social sector More...