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India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major religious ...

Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...

The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how India prepared—and what happens once it's all over.

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of the ...

A Bangladesh delegation visits Kolkata to discuss water-sharing with India. The talks focus on the Ganges Agreement and ...

Two women were arrested on the banks of the Ganges in Kolkata's Kumartuli early Tuesday as they were trying to dispose of a ...

Officials from India and Bangladesh Friday concluded a two-day meeting of the Joint River Commission (JRC) in the ...

Among the sites visited by the Bangladesh delegation until yesterday afternoon were the water levels of the Ganges downstream ...

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