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New Delhi: Union water resources minister NitinGadkarisaid NarendraModi- government has targeted to make 80% of Ganga clean by 2019 by implementing various schemes under NamamiGange programme.

Gadkarisaid in Patna that 10 cities have been identified, which contribute the most in the pollution of Ganga with Kanpur topping the chart. "We have accordingly asked UP government to ensure zero discharge from sugar factories, paper mills and other industrial units, which lead to high discharge of pollutants in river Ganga," Gadkari said.

New Delhi: Senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has asserted that some senior leaders of the ruling NDA in Bihar were feeling "uneasy" in the BJP-led coalition and consideringto join hands with Lalu Prasad's party.

The NDA leaders, he said, included Union Minister UpendraKushwaha and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.

"All the BJP allies are feeling uneasy in the NDA. Look at Shiv Sena. Similar developments will take place in Bihar. UpendraKushwaha is trying to chart his independent course. JitanManjhi is in talks with senior leaders of our party. Their switching sides is just a matter of formality," Singh told reporters in Patna.

New Delhi: Even as the prevalence of anaemia among women in the country decreased marginally by around 2% between 2005-06 and 2015-16, from 55% to 53%, six major states have shown a marked increase in the number of women affected, according to National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV data.

The rise in the number of anaemic women has been sharpest in Punjab, at 15.5%, followed by Delhi (10%) and Haryana (6.6%). According to the report, in the earlier survey, 38% of Punjab's women were found to be anaemic, with the figure now at 53.5%. Similarly, 44.3% of Delhi's women were recorded as anaemic in 2005-06, and the figure has since risen to 54.3%.

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader YashwantSinha, a strong critic of the NarendraModi government, will on Tuesday launch 'RashtraManch' (national forum), a body, he said, for political leaders and others "concerned" with the prevailing situation in the country.

Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi said he would also join it. There is also speculation about a disgruntled MP of the ruling alliance joining it.

Asked about others who would join him, Sinha said it would be disclosed tomorrow but added that they would join the forum in their individual capacity to air their concern over the current situation.