India At This Hour: 

- 9 Dead in Maharashtra During Ganesh Idol Immersion
- NIA Raids underway across 22 locations in India
- Dhaka-India Talks on Ganges Water Sharing Treaty
- India, Israel May Sign a Bilateral Investment Treaty



NIA Raids Underway Across India | Dhaka-India Talks | India-Israel Bilateral Investment Treaty

Can seismic activities change the course of rivers? Well, a study reveals that a major earthquake that occurred 2,500 years ago caused one of the biggest rivers on the planet to change its course abruptly.

River Ganges changed its course after massive earthquake hit its shores 2500 years ago: Study

The protesting wrestlers led by Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik are making the headlines with each passing day. After filing First Information Reports (FIRs) against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh Sharan over sexual harassment allegations, they have time and again called for his arrest.

India's 1983 WC winning team backs protesting wrestlers, urges them to not immerse medals in Ganges

Amid the ongoing wrestlers' protest, representatives of khaps or clan-based farmer groups from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi will meet in Muzaffarnagar to discuss the protests.

India: Khaps to hold mahapanchayat to discuss future of wrestlers' protest

Three men in the state of Uttar Pradesh have been arrested after they were filmed beating an endangered river dolphin to death. The video has since gone viral. The December 31 attack involved at least seven young men violently hitting a Gangetic dolphin with wooden rods and an axe until it bled.

Men beat dolphin to death in Uttar Pradesh, three arrested

A French woman was arrested after she made what was called a 'nude' video at Lakshman Jhoola, a place sacred in Hinduism. The woman is currently out on bail. She was approached by the police on August 27 in Uttarakhand.

Frenchwoman arrested for making 'nude' video on Lakshman Jhoola, the Holy bridge on river Ganga

A third of Bangladesh is underwater after some of the heaviest rains in a decade. At least 1.5 million people are affected in this heavy flood. Bangladesh's Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre says, this is going to be the worst flood in a decade

Over 1.5 million people are affected in Bangladesh Flood, Red Alert in all rivers

Hindu devotees converged at the banks of 'Sangam' - the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati - in India's northern Prayagraj city on Thursday (January 30) to take a dip in the holy waters on the occasion of spring festival, 'Basant Panchami'.

Indians mark spring festival with holy dips, prayers

A group of as many as 220 Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan reached northern India's temple town of Haridwar on Sunday as a part of their religious tour. The pilgrims were seen dancing on the roads to the tune of religious music, singing devotional hymns, and taking a dip in the holy River Ganges.

Over 200 Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan take holy dip in India's Ganges

Hours before sunrise, lakhs of devotees had already taken a dip in Sangam on Basant Panchami the third and final shahi snaan during the Kumbh. Many were seen carrying the holy water of the Ganges, a sense of satisfaction reflected on their faces.

Devotees prefer early-morning dip at Kumbh to avoid rush, reach back home in time

At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this century as temperatures rise, disrupting river flows vital for growing crops from China to India, scientists said on Monday.

At least one-third of Himalayan ice will melt this century: Report

According to the Hindu tradition, 'Pitru Paksha' is a 15-lunar day period. It falls in the Hindu lunar month of Bhadrapada (September-October), beginning with the full moon day (Purnima) that occurs immediately after the 10-day festival of 'Ganesh Chaturthi' and ends with the new moon day.

Hindus across India pay homage to departed as 'fortnight of ancestors' ends

Much of the three billion dollars allocated to the project, a flagship initiative of the Modi government, remains unspent

India's Ganga clean-up in shambles, Modi intervenes

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