More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India's holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city. Today, little of the ancient construction remains, ...

The Old Ganga River in India is a fascinating part of the country’s vast river network, deeply tied to history, geography, and agriculture. Known for nourishing fertile plains and sustaining millions ...

The Ganges River is in crisis. This lifeline for around 600 million people in India and neighboring countries is experiencing its worst drying period in 1,300 years. Using a combination of historical ...

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 ...

Hilsa lovers rejoice, for the OG fish is finally back in the upper and middle stretches of the Ganga after decades of effort ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Indian Hindu family walks on the shallow banks of the Yamuna river, covered with chemical foam caused by industrial and ...

ALONG THE GANGES, IndiaALONG THE GANGES, India — More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India’s holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city.