Nearly 40 people were killed in India 's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday and several others injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela - a Hindu religious festival touted to be ...
Tuesday's bathing rituals, called the Shahi Snan - or the royal bath - see the ascetics arrive in batches at the Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river ...
Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers meet. "I feel great joy," said Surmila Devi, 45, after bathing just before dawn. "For me, it's like bathing in nectar." Businesswoman Reena Rai's voice quivered ...
We want clean ghats, proper lighting and security. Right now, all we see is plastic and waste in the river, a resident laments A view of a polluted bank of the Yamuna river with toxic foam floating on ...