For millions of Hindus, the 250-mile stretch of Ganges River between the cities of Kanpur and Varanasi is one of the most sacred parts of the northern plains of India. This stretch of the Ganges ...

India's holy Ganges River provides sustenance to more people than the population of the United States. A 1,550-mile journey along Mother Ganga... Exploring the Sacred, Modern Along the Ganges We ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A study published Monday in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences quoted researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar and the University of Arizona in the ...

MUMBAI: An Indian court has declared the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers living entities, giving them the same legal rights as human beings, in a move analysts say may do little to protect them or ...

Standing on the banks of the Ganges a day after his election triumph, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to succeed where numerous governments have failed in cleaning up the filthy river beloved of ...

For India's devout Hindus, the sacred River Ganges is always clean and always pure - even though its waters are a toxic mix of human sewage, discarded garbage and factory waste. For India's devout ...