The Ganga today is more polluted than when than when the Ganga Action Plan was first initiated by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986. It's a shocking tale of official apathy and corruption and the failure of India's most ambitious river cleaning programme. On World Water Day, CNN-IBN investigates just why the Ganga ranks in the top five most polluted rivers of the world.
The royal procession of Gangaur made its way through the Pink City with a lot of fanfare.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gangaur-fest-begins-amidst-fanfare/36698-3.html
The women in Jaipur celebrate the Gangaur festival not just by praying for their husbands but dressing up and shopping.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jaipur-women-celebrate-fest-have-fun/36642-3.html
As the world observes Water Day, World Wide Fund for Nature reveals a startling list of rivers on the verge of dryi
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ganga-is-drying-says-wwf-report/36641-11.html
The FM is concerned about reach of banking to rural areas and is encouraging farmers to use banking facilities.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/fm-urges-rural-india-to-be-banksavvy/36400-7.html
Women across villages in Bihar are protesting sexual innuendos in Bhojpuri songs specially those composed for Holi.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sexy-bhojpuri-songs-annoy-women/32760-3.html
Congress President Sonia Gandhi could soon be taking a holy dip in the Ganges in Allahabad during the Ardh Kumba mela.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sonia-to-take-holy-dip-at-kumbh/31757-3.html
At least 40 passengers were feared dead when a Patna bus in Vaishali district of Bihar, plunged into Ganga river on Sat.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/40-feared-dead-in-bihar-bus-accident/29840-3.html
A 28-year-old man is set to lead a normal life again after a Delhi hospital successfully reattached his amputated penis.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/hospital-reattaches-amputated-penis/28061-17.html
Even after spending more than Rs 1387 crore, cleaning of Ganga will need another Rs 7000 crore, says the Minister.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/raja-needs-rs-7000-cr-to-clean-up-ganga/26948-4.html
A team of scientists from WWF find out how the great meltdown will affect the country's water resources.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/the-gangotri-glacier-is-shrinking/26587-3.html
The Gangetic dolphin is today as endangered as the tiger. If the dolphin is to be saved it's the Ganga, which must be protected.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/dolphins-die-as-the-ganga-chokes/26516-3.html
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