Rising sea level and erosion of the beach in front of the Kapil Muni temple on the Sagar Island are turning out to be an eyesore for the Ganga Sagar Mela as the West Bengal government is ...

Two Indian Coast Guard hovercrafts on Monday morning rescued 511 passengers, mostly Ganga Sagar pilgrims, from a couple of ferries that ran aground near Kakdwip, in South 24-Parganas, on Sunday night.

,The Ganga Sagar Mela drew to a close on Tuesday, after almost a week of religiosity on the southernmost tip of Sagar island in West Bengal. The State government put the figure of pilgrims who had ...

The West Bengal government has initiated the development of the Gangasagar Setu, a 3.3-km bridge over the Muriganga River, aimed at improving connectivity and enhancing tourism for the Sagar ...

The ferry vessel, namely MV Swasthya Sathi, was ferrying about 400 pilgrims from Ganga Sagar Mela on Sagar Island to Kakdwip," an official statement issued by the Indian Coast Guard read.

A couple of Indian Coast Guard hovercraft rescued 182 passengers, mostly Ganga Sagar pilgrims, from a launch that ran aground near Namkhana, in South 24-Parganas, early on Tuesday. The vessel was on ...

Lakhs of pilgrims defied the cold weather to take a holy dip at Ganga Sagar, the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on Makar Sankranti. The event, marked by chanting hymns, signifies ...