Shobha Rao’s new novel, “Indian Country,” is a crime story as well as a multilayered saga of white empire in India and ...

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

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

The water, scooped up from the holy river Ganges, is destined for the pilgrims’ local temples. And the precious cargo must be treated delicately: spilling a single drop, or touching another person ...

While Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges makes precisely no religious claims, it nonetheless makes an extraordinary case for belief that even atheists like me will struggle to counter.

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 ...

ALLAHABAD, INDIA — Among believers, the river has many names: The Pure. Destroyer of Sin. Light Amid the Darkness of Ignorance. But mostly they call it “Ganga Ma” -- Mother Ganges -- and ...

In the western and central Ganges River basin, peak outflows have declined by 17% per decade, the study showed, which the researchers blamed on falling rainfall and drier soil.

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 ...

India has overtaken Japan as home to the most billionaires in Asia. Yet it also has the world's largest population of hungry people, as one reporter's continuing journey down the Ganges River reveals.

The river Ganges is back in the news. Months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to clean the holy river , authorities in northern India are saying it was the source of more than 100 ...