A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

In Parliament, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi raised concerns about China's plan to build the world's largest dam on the ...

Growing urban populations, more public awareness of pollution and ambitious redevelopment plans propel big drinking water and wastewater treatment investment in two key cities.

But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy rivers, it morphs into a major display of Hinduism in various forms and designs. Some ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the ...

Bangladesh is preparing to include China in the proposed multipurpose project of the Teesta river, which can pose a serious ...

Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of ... where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet. Hindus believe that a third, mythical river called the Saraswati joins ...

Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India ...

What if I told you of a river—mighty and sacred—that once carved its way across ancient India, nurturing civilizations and ...

Families of people who were killed in a crush at a major religious festival in northern India this week are grieving ... Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers where devotees take a dip.