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A million set to throng India's Ganges for holy dip despite COVID-19
January 11, 2022 16:44 pm
KOLKATA, Jan 11: Nearly one million Hindu worshippers are expected to gather on the banks of the Ganges river this Friday and Saturday for a holy bathe despite galloping COVID-19 infections across the country, an official told Reuters on Tuesday.
India agrees to allow Nepali cargo vessels on the Ganges
November 28, 2019 09:09 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Nepal and India have finalized the modality for allowing Nepal to operate its cargo vessels on three inland waterways of India.
Salvation House -- where Hindus go to die
February 14, 2019 21:56 pm
VARANASI, India, Feb 14, 2019: They arrive in battered cars, on crutches and sometimes on a stretcher barely able to breathe -- but salvation is close for thousands of Hindus who go to the holy city of Varanasi each year to die.
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