The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

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

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...

China has tried to reassure India over its plans for a mega dam in the Tibetan Plateau, which has prompted fears it will ...

Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday as tens of millions ...

For all this "dam for a dam" water war, relations between the two nations along their disputed Himalayan border are not ...

(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India -- The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl. Others surround him ...

Multiple people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

China and India have agreed to resume direct flights and deepen cross-border river cooperation following high-level talks on Monday, even as tensions between the two Asian countries simmer over ...

Recognition of Legal Person Status of Rivers Bill – 2024 aims to recognise rivers as ‘legal person’, entitling them with ...