"Though I am floating this diya, it is also one of the reasons of pollution and that too in Ganga," the Minister said in the presence of Sue Coates of UNICEF and Barabara Frost of Water Aid.

A new world record was set in the holy city of Ayodhya on the eve of Diwali on Tuesday with over three lakh “diya” or earthen lamps lit up simultaneously on the banks of the Sarayu river ...