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Water level in Ganga crosses danger mark in Varanasi
•The district administration, in a statement, said that 18 municipal wards and more than 80 villages have been affected by the floods in Ganga and its tributary Varuna in the district and 228.69 hectares of crops have been damaged in the district
"Disappointing state of affairs" says NGT, on progress in clean Ganga project
•The NGT said that here has to be zero tolerance to further delay
Bihar bridge collapse: Nitin Gadkari says amazed at IAS officer's response
•A section of an under-construction road bridge over the Ganga at Sultanganj in Bihar collapsed during a thunderstorm on 29 April
We existed as a nation before British: Why Rahul Gandhi needs to stop rediscovering India
Makkhanlal •Rahul Gandhi must realise that even his great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, talked about the continuity of India as a nation, Indian nationalism, and Indian culture in terms of 5,000 years
Uttar Pradesh: Six feared drowned during idol immersion on Dusshera
•Six people, including two children, are feared to have drowned in rivers during idol immersion in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad and Badaun districts
UP: Six people missing after boat capsizes in Ganga; search operations underway
Nandini Paul •Most of the 14 passengers on board were devotees from Ranchi, Jharkhand, police said. Three women and as many children were found missing while eight were rescued
Author Vijay Singh's critically acclaimed Jaya Ganga translated into Hindi, four decades after publication
•Jaya Ganga explores the life of a young Indian from Paris journeying the Ganges and the emotions its magnificence had stirred in him.
Unseen Warriors of COVID: In UP's Bijnor, paramedics and local doctors help villagers wary of hospitals
Aasmohammad Kaif •From checking up on patients showing symptoms of COVID-19, to providing them with medicines at low cost, physicians and paramedic staff provided the much-needed care as Bijnor battled the second wave
Priyanka Gandhi demands judicial probe into bodies floating in Ganga, says situation is 'inhuman'
•The Congress leader accused the Uttar Pradesh government of 'building its image while people are suffering unimaginably'
After Bihar, bodies seen floating in Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia and Ghazipur
•According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating at the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats. However, district authorities did not tell the exact number of bodies found.