Shobha Rao’s new novel, “Indian Country,” is a crime story as well as a multilayered saga of white empire in India and ...

Uttarakhand, the mountainous northern state that hosts Dharali, has been devastated by cloudbursts before. A June 2013 ...

On 1905, Indian leaders formally launched the Swadeshi Movement at Calcutta Town Hall, passing a boycott resolution against ...

India and Bangladesh share 54 transboundary rivers, yet have sharing agreements for only one - the Ganges - which will expire ...

Temples were flooded as the Ganges River overflowed in India following relentless heavy rain. The water level of the river in Varanasi surpassed the danger mark of 71.3 metres on Sunday, August 3, ...

Officials say more than 100 people are missing after a cloudburst triggered devastating flash floods in India's northern ...

For Bangladesh, far downstream yet acutely affected, the Medog Hydropower Station highlights its struggles to ensure ...

Shloka uses Hindu deities, rituals, and narratives to connect climate change issues with players’ religious and cultural ...

Some 660 million pilgrims journeyed to the banks of the River Ganges over 44 days during Kumbh Mela, the religious Hindu ...

The Indian army brought in sniffer dogs, drones and heavy earth-moving equipment on Wednesday (Aug 6) to search for scores of ...

A Son’s Exploration of Faith” unfolds like a slow and reflective drift down India’s holiest river. One that becomes a living metaphor for the tension between inherited belief and personal doubt.

An employee at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Pankaj Kumar Dwivedi, said that the cloudburst in Uttarkashi on Tuesday led to the water level rising above the danger mark. He added that for safety reasons, ...