In a country as diverse as India, with a year as bizarre as this one, trying to sum up 2025 was a chaotic exercise ...

Authorities have imposed a curfew on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting ...

For Hindus, the Magh Mela is a significant religious event. Every year, it starts on Paush Purnima and lasts until Mahashivratri. The Magh Mela will take place in 2026 from January 3rd to February ...

A year of faith through AP’s lens — from crowded squares to quiet acts of devotion. A reveler holds her dog as she ...

Paush Purnima falls on Saturday, January 3, 2026. Bathing in a confluence of a holy river is significant on this day. However ...

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the migrant crisis continued, and demonstrations became ever more violent. But there were also incredible moments of sporting glory and light relief. Photographers rec ...

The Magh Mela began on Paush Purnima with 2.4 million devotees taking a holy dip in the Ganges at Prayagraj. The Chief ...

The Varanasi district court on Monday dismissed a petition by the Hindu side to change the cloth tied on the lock of the wazoo khana — a pool used by Muslims in the past for ritualistic washing before ...

Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 10: The sacred Bhasma Aarti was performed at the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Ujjain on Wednesday, drawing large crowds of devotees who gathered in the ...

Bettiah: ‘Sau Kashi, ek Bansi’ (One Bansi equals a hundred Varanasi), as a popular saying goes, the significance of this ...

The 2025-26 school year is the first year families can utilize education savings accounts, or ESAs, with no income ...