The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

The Sanskrit word is the namesake of the Namami Gange programme devised by the government in 2014 to help restore the Ganges to health. Progress has been patchy. 40 per cent of India’s population ...

NARRATOR: The Ganges begins its two and half thousand kilometre journey in the Himalayas, travelling rapidly down the mountains to the flat plains of India. It’s one of the world’s biggest ...

2. The Ganges is the longest river in India, stretching over 2,525 kilometres (1,569 miles) from its source in the Himalayas to its delta in the Bay of Bengal ...

In a move symbolizing deep cultural bonds, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mixed waters from India's sacred Ganges with ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity ...

The two women, mother and daughter, were identified as Falguni Ghosh and Aarati Ghosh Kolkata: Two women were arrested on the banks of the Ganges in Kolkata's Kumartuli early Tuesday as they were ...

Spread along the gentle Ganges plains between Delhi and Agra lies Meerut ... first flames of the Revolt of 1857 engulfed initiating India's iconic freedom milestone now largely overlooked by ...

This is a profoundly personal journey for Amol, who was born in India to a practising Hindu ... “Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges (w/t) will immerse viewers in a spectacular assault on the senses ...

A trip to Rishikesh in northern India changed all that. Practising sun salutations on a private beach, lulled by the hypnotic, rolling waters of the River Ganges, my chattering mind quietened for ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...