A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river ...

new video loaded: Stampede Breaks Out During Major ... India, for the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, but thousands were trampled after crowds surged toward the confluence of two rivers.

gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das Hari Kumar reported from Prayagraj, India, and Anupreeta Das from New Delhi. At least 30 people ...

Sacred River Faces Industrial Transformation The Siang River, considered sacred by the Adi tribal community in Arunachal Pradesh, is at the center of a heated controversy. India plans to construct its ...

has canvassed the dredging of major rivers and dams in the country to avert adverse effects of flooding. Mr Sulaiman, a professor, made the call on Tuesday at the opening of a three-day validation ...

Police searches in the River Dee to trace two sisters who disappeared in Aberdeen three weeks ago have come ... The siblings' disappearance sparked a major Police Scotland operation, including ...

OVER the centuries Carlisle’s rivers have played a central role not just in the defence of the city, but in its economic prosperity. While Carlisle was likely chosen as the site for a settlement ...

In a historic first at the Maha Kumbh, three Shankaracharyas from major Hindu sects shared the ... Peeths' (seats of spiritual learning) of India came together for the first time and released ...

It was 16 years ago, in the unforgiving Sundarbans - a vast, harsh delta of 100 islands in India's West Bengal state. Her son Ajit, just beginning to walk, was full of life: frisky, restless, and ...

INCIDENTS OF STAMPEDES AT KUMBH MELA 1954: The Kumbh Mela of 1954, the first ever Kumbh held after Independence, was a landmark event for India, but it is also remembered ... trampled to death or ...

This challenge follows accusations from Arvind Kejriwal, claiming Haryana's responsibility in polluting the Yamuna River in Delhi ... forces' bands at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. With the three-way ...