Over the past two decades, holy men in India have gone on dozens of fasts demanding governments honour their promise to revive the polluted Ganges ... back the river from the dead".

Ajay Kumar had gone to bathe in the Ganges for a religious ritual. During this time, he drowned in the river. It is being ...

More bodies wash up on bank of river Ganges 'Wherever ... one hides a body. At the nearby Mahadevi ghat, at least 50 bodies were found. Traditionally, Hindus cremate their dead.