The Kumbh Mela is a Hindu pilgrimage where millions gather on the banks of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India to bathe in ...

Some 660 million pilgrims journeyed to the banks of the River Ganges over 44 days during Kumbh Mela, the religious Hindu ...

A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India's Himalayan region on Tuesday, killing at least four people with around 100 others missing.

India and Bangladesh share 54 transboundary rivers, yet have sharing agreements for only one - the Ganges - which will expire ...

A Son’s Exploration of Faith” unfolds like a slow and reflective drift down India’s holiest river. One that becomes a living metaphor for the tension between inherited belief and personal doubt.

In northern India, thousands are in crisis as floods have submerged around fifteen thousand homes in the city of Prayagraj.

The Ganges river faces a lot of serious challenges, mainly because of the fast growth of cities, agriculture and industries in recent decades. Too much water is being removed for farming and other ...

The river dolphins of India’s sacred Ganges River have long been revered, being written into Hindu religious tracts dating back thousands of years. Although surviving for centuries, today their ...

Varanasi, India - “Hum paani ke jeev hain. We are creatures of water,” says 29-year-old Vishwakarma Sahni. Sahni belongs to Varanasi’s community of approximately 8,000 mallah, the boatmen ...

Twilight Island sits among the Sisters islands at the entrance to the harbour. Only about 1.7 acres in size, the private ...

The River Ganges is filled with antibiotic resistant bacteria even in stretches which are high in the mountains away from India's cities, scientists have found. The 1,560-mile (2,510km) long river ...

On the banks of the Ganges in northern India, tanneries that have poured effluent into the holy river for decades are closing. For environmentalists, it's a victory over filthy companies with no ...