The cultural capital of India, Kolkata sits along the Hooghly River, a Ganga distributary. Iconic sites include Howrah Bridge, Victoria Memorial, and Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

A meeting of the technical teams of the Joint Rivers Commission of India and Bangladesh began in Kolkata on Thursday ... visit is critical because the Ganges river experiences a lean flow of ...

The water of the Ganga river in Bihar is not fit for bathing at most places in the state due to the presence of a higher value of “bacteriological population”, according to the Bihar Economic Survey ...

The first population estimation of riverine dolphins in India has revealed the presence of 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus River systems, according to a government report published ...

Kolkata: On the occasion of World Water Day, the Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI), in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the National Cadet Corps (NCC), conducted a pilot river clean ...

Thackeray added. The MNS chief claimed that not just Ganga, but none of the rivers in the country were clean. “Faith should also have some meaning. Not a single river in the country is clean but ...

After an intensive on-the-spot survey for two days of the current status of the flow in the Ganges river at Farakka in ... across the negotiating table in Kolkata tomorrow. A visiting team from ...

NEW DELHI, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Officials from India and Bangladesh Friday concluded a two-day meeting of the Joint River Commission (JRC) in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, officials said.

member of the Joint River Commission (JRC), is expected to reach Kolkata on March 3 and immediately leave on a two-day visit to the joint observation site on the Ganges at Farakka until March 5 ...

The water quality of the Ganga river in Bihar has been found unsuitable for bathing due to high levels of bacteriological pollution. The contamination is primarily from untreated sewage and ...

The Ganges river dolphin, known for its unique features, is found in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system and its tributaries across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. A small population ...

The story so far: The first ever census of Gangetic dolphins, the only riverine dolphins in India, which began four years ago, has found 6,327 of the species in the river Ganga and its tributaries.