Despite the rising waters, temple priests carried out the sacred rituals of aarti (lamp worship) and abhishekam (ritual ...

Prayagraj: The water levels of both the Ganga and Yamuna rivers showed a consistent downward trend throughout Monday, ...

Prayagraj: The water level of the twin rivers, Ganga and Yamuna, continued to rise alarmingly on Sunday, forcing officials of ...

Homes collapsed into the overflowing Ganga River following continuous heavy rain, causing violent floods in northern India. Footage shows the buildings being swallowed by the river as they ...

Men generally navigate the mighty waters of the Ganga River in India professionally and for fun. The Ganga Girls program has set out to change that gender norm on navigating the river.

Dolphins, which are on the verge of extinction, are found only in the Brahmaputra and Ganga rivers in India. This river is also very important from a tourism point of view.

The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation.

Despite extensive preparations, the early rush for a bathing spot in the Ganga spiraled out of control just before dawn on Jan. 26 and many people were trampled. Such tragedies are not new to the ...

India’s river-linking project could have some financial benefits, Amarasinghe says, but his calculations suggest they will come at the cost of displacing people and submerging large tracts of land.