Winter weather took hold across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in early January 2026, bringing dense fog and cold temperatures to ...
Barrackpore: A middle-aged woman slipped into the Ganges at the Barrackpore ferry ghat on December 17. CCTV footage of the ...
More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India's holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city. Today, little of the ancient construction remains, ...
Bangladesh’s election, Hasina’s presence in India and Dhaka’s signing of the UN water convention could complicate the 1996 ...
Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...
The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in recorded history. Climate change, shifting monsoons, relentless extraction and ...
Attracting thrill seekers: Whilst the Ganges is well known as India's holiest river, Singh Rana hopes to attract thrill seekers to Uttarakhand, as well as travelers interested in culture and heritage.
Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, the government is battling to save “Mother Ganga”. A man brushes his teeth as he stands in the polluted water of Ganges river in ...