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

Despite several steps taken by the authorities, people are facing challenges in commuting from one place to another.

The Ganges is the longest river in India Seven years ago Swami Nigamanand, 36, fell into a coma and died after refusing food for 115 days - the longest hunger strike in the ashram's history.

Peak water flows in parts of India's largest river basin have been falling by more than one-sixth every decade, according to ...

The world’s most sacred river—the Ganges—is also one of its dirtiest Yet there is little political pressure in India to clean it up. Share. Mar 28th 2019 | 4 min read. Listen to this story.

The Ganga River, known as the Ganges under British rule, is one of the most revered waterways in the world -- and also among the most polluted. Stretching from the Himalayan foothills to the Bay ...

India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge on its journey through burgeoning cities, industrial ...

Ganga, the 2,600-km-long trans-boundary river of Asia, has witnessed “unprecedented low levels of water in several lower reaches” in the last few summer seasons, a study undertaken by a ...

These bacteriophages—1,100 types—eliminate pollution and ensure self-purification, marking Ganga as the world's only freshwater river with such capabilities. PRAYAGRAJ: ...

Teenager missing after boat capsizes in Ganga River, five rescued. According to police, the missing boy has been identified as Ajay Kumar ,17,. The other five boys — Arjun Sahni, ...