As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to win a third term, NPR visited some of his voter base in the north. Up and down the Ganges, India's Modi enjoys support after 10 years of rule VARANASI, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A thin line of smoke rises from burning funeral pyres on a rooftop of a temple at the flooded Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi, India, ...

Haimark’s 56-passenger Ganges Voyager launched earlier this year. Photo Credit: Michelle Baran There are plenty of rivers in the world, but finding new inland waterways that are suitable for river ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's top wrestlers held off from throwing their medals into the country's sacred Ganges River on Tuesday — as part of an ongoing protest against sexual harassment — after a ...

VARANASI, India — Hindu priests stand on the banks of the Ganges, performing an evening prayer to the river. They wave fire as the sun sets, ring bells and tap on drums. Thousands watch, clap and ...