Scott is a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past ...

The last rites of four accident victims took a turn for the worse after three men drowned while taking bath in a river following the cremation rituals in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Monday.

As clouds of toxic foam float on India's Yamuna River, Hindu devotees bathe in it to mark the religious festival of Chhath Puja. More from News As clouds of toxic foam float on India's Yamuna River, ...

NEW DELHI, April 12 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked on Monday to take a holy bath in India's Ganges river, even as the nation racked up the world's highest tally of new ...

A video showing a foreign tourist taking a dip in the Ganga wearing a bikini near Rishikesh's famous Lakshman Jhula has gone ...

Vice President CP Radhakrishnan has shared that during his first visit to Kashi 25 years ago, he was a non-vegetarian.

In the mornings in Varanasi, the air on the banks of the Ganges fills with the scent of burning bodies. On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks, upon which ...

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Police resumed the search and rescue operation on Saturday morning with the help of local divers, as it had to be called off ...

Bodies of two persons, who had gone missing while bathing in the Sone river on the occasion of the Chhath festival, were ...

The search was underway to trace another person, who also went missing after being swept away in the river, says a senior ...