BHOPAL, India At least 58 Hindu pilgrims bathing in a central India river during a religious festival drowned when the gates of a nearby dam were opened, police said Monday. Local police official S.K.

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PATNA, India (AP) — Dozens of children drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds in rituals that were part of a three-day Hindu festival in eastern India's Bihar state, officials said. Heavy monsoon ...

The district administration has issued a ban on bathing in River Cauvery at Hogenakkal following a sharp increase in inflow on Saturday(July 26, 2025). The water level rose to 32,000 cusecs on ...

The Puducherry government has prohibited people from accessing check dams at Suthukeny, Kaikilapattu, Soriyankuppam, and surrounding submerged causeways for bathing and other purposes due to the ...