Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India yesterday as tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most ...

Eyewitnesses and hospital sources have told the BBC that at least a dozen people have been killed in Wednesday morning's crush at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. There is, however, still no word ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

Are they burning dead bodies? They’re actually burning ... has been working to save an unusual mammal that lives in the Ganges: the blind river dolphin. DR SINHA: Actually there used to be ...

Such mass bathing in the Ganges has been recorded for ... on earth for Hindu cremation because the body's ashes can be sprinkled into the sacred river; ash is therefore a prevalent symbol at ...

If one cannot reach the Ganges River, the ashes can be immersed in other rivers such as the Narmada, Godavari, Krishna, and Brahmaputra. When a person dies, their physical body ends, and the soul ...

Ganges river dolphins are unique in their ecology ... Al Khaimah dazzles with record-breaking drone and fireworks show Body heat could be the next big renewable after scientists invent ultra ...

In a first, India has tagged a healthy male Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in Assam, which will help chalk out a long-term conservation plan for the endangered species ...