Seer fasting for Ganga cause force-fed

Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 13:52

Save Ganga activist Swami Poornanand had been on an indefinite fast since December 10.

Dwaraka Shankaracharya demands law to preserve Ganga

Last Updated: Saturday, November 24, 2012, 18:56

Government’s failure to initiate measures to check pollution in river Ganga, Shankracharya of Dwaraka peeth Swami Swarupanand Saraswati demanded a law be framed to preserve the `National River`.

Muslim clerics join Hindu seers in campaign to save Ganga

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 12:35

Muslim religious leaders have now come forward to extend a helping hand to sadhus and seers who are campaigning for conservation of River Ganga.

Activists, seers descend in Delhi to save Ganga

Last Updated: Monday, June 18, 2012, 16:05

Pitching for a pollution free Ganga, activists and Hindu seers on Monday staged a protest march from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at Rajghat to Jantar Mantar.

Save Ganga: Activists to stage demonstration in Delhi on June 18

Last Updated: Friday, June 15, 2012, 10:00

A group of activists today announced that they would hold a demonstration in Jantar Mantar in Delhi on June 18 to demand cleaning up of Ganga river.

Prime Minister must intervene to save Ganga: MPs

Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012, 22:13

Members belonging to various parties demanded immediate intervention of PM Manmohan Singh to save the river Ganga.

Bring concrete prog to save Ganga or face protest: Activists

Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012, 16:23

Accusing the Centre of neglecting the Ganga, activists here today threatened to hit the streets if the government does not come up with a concrete programme by May 20 to save the "dying river".

Save Ganga: Shia cleric urges Muslims to take part

Last Updated: Friday, April 20, 2012, 22:50

In a first, Muslims of Uttar Pradesh have been asked to participate in the cleaning up operations of the river Ganga, revered by millions across India.

Anna Hazare meets ailing save Ganga activist

Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012, 19:05

Anna Hazare rose in support of a movement to save the Ganga by visiting activist GD Aggarwal.

PM sends emissary to persuade save Ganga activist

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 22:44

As the health of `Save Ganga` activist GD Agarwal deteriorated, PM sent Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal as emissary to persuade him to break fast.

Sans hype, Sadhu dies fasting to save Ganga

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 09:01

While Ramdev sipped juice to end his fast, an unknown sadhu, fasting to save the Ganges, died next door.

Uma Bharti urges country`s leadership to save Ganga

Last Updated: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 18:02

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti, who has been fasting in Haridwar since May 9 over the issues related to river Ganga, urged the country`s top leadership to join hands for saving the pious river.