It was 16 years ago, in the unforgiving Sundarbans - a vast, harsh delta of 100 islands in India's West Bengal state. Her son ...

GalleryAccording to the Indian government, some 400 million people were expected ... The flow of the Ganges symbolizes amrita, and celebrations take place around the river. The main event of ...

This year’s Maha Kumbh Mela is particularly significant. The alignment of stars and planets is said to be the same as when drops of celestial nectar fell on the earth.

A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near the nation's capital is bringing ...

A tragic stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India has left several people dead and many others injured. The ...

By Bilal Shbair and Erika Solomon People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said.

It is believed that on this day, the waters of the Ganges River turn into nectar, making it the ideal time for devotees to cleanse their sins and seek blessings. Many people embark on a pilgrimage ...

If you plan to continue your open-water swimming though the winter, then a cold water swimming hat is an absolute essential. Here are our favourite tried and tested picks for swimming in colder ...

This is the moment a four-metre-long crocodile was caught on video swimming down a river with a puppy in its mouth. The drone footage was captured on the Fitzroy River in Rockhampton, Queensland ...

In the farming community of Los Negros in rural Bolivia, the river is their life and livelihood. So when that river started to dry up, it made life very hard. They blamed the villages upstream for ...

If you’re keen to keep swimming through winter but haven’t done so before, there are a few things you’ll need to get – namely, cold water swimming gear. Here, we’ve rounded up some of the best best ...