Millions of devotees took a holy dip in the Ganges River at Gangasagar, on the auspicicous occasion of Makar Sankranti on Thursday. After bathing in the Ganges, the devotees offered prayers at the ...

The Ganga river has experienced a 61% increase in fish diversity over the past 11 years, according to a study by the ICAR-CIFRI. Restoration efforts have improved water quality and habitat conditions.

Union Minister C R Patil highlights the national significance of Ganga River's cleanliness and biodiversity conservation ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

For centuries, this river has quietly shaped civilisation, culture and belief systems across the Indian subcontinent. Flowing ...

People watch unclaimed bodies burn on funeral pyres at a mass crematorium site on the banks of the Ganges River. Getty Images Dozens of rotting bodies were discovered floating in the Ganges River in ...

A new study suggests an earthquake of estimated magnitude 7.5 or 8 shook the Indian subcontinent 2,500 years ago, changing the course of the Ganges. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...