A court in India declared its holiest river is entitled to the same rights as a person that would include the right to sue polluters. Still, many think the divine waters are unimpacted by pollution.

By 6:30 a.m., six bodies were burning on high beds of logs on the bank of the Ganges River, fires crackling, ashes flying. Families gathered around the burning pyres. When the fires died, workers t… ...

India has overtaken Japan as home to the most billionaires in Asia. Yet it also has the world's largest population of hungry people, as one reporter's continuing journey down the Ganges River reveals.

Montana State University research about pollution in the Ganges River has reached the Supreme Court of India, producing some optimism among MSU scientists.

Pollution and purity Janak Rogers, Varanasi11/21/2013 The Ganges is India's holiest river, considered a source of spiritual purification for devout Hindus. But today the river is among the world's ...

Small cradles of chrysanthemums, illuminated by a single candle, flicker in the moonlight, bobbing along the fast-flowing Ganges River. They are offerings. For hundreds of millions of Hindus around ...

India has overtaken Japan as home to the most billionaires in Asia. Yet it also has the world's largest population of hungry people, as one reporter's continuing journey down the Ganges River reveals.

Will Giving The Ganges Human Rights Protect The Polluted River? Small cradles of chrysanthemums, illuminated by a single candle, flicker in the moonlight, bobbing along the fast-flowing Ganges River.