Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad sparked controversy on Wednesday during a visit to a flood-affected village in Kanpur ...

Nishad, who says he was once a national-level swimmer, has gone viral for his unusually cheerful response to the flooding.

In the clip, Nishad is seen speaking to a local woman standing in floodwater. "The Ganga river has come to your doorstep to wash your feet. It will take you straight to heaven," he says. The woman is ...

Amid flood-like conditions in parts of Uttar Pradesh that have hit his own home, Sub-Inspector Chandradeep Nishad has found a ...

UP Fisheries Minister Sanjay Nishad's comment about Ganga cleaning flood victims' feet draws criticism for insensitivity ...

Remark triggers sharp reactions from Opposition leaders, who accused the minister of being insensitive to the plight of those ...

Mother Ganga comes to wash the feet of its sons… the sons will go to heavens merely by its 'darshan'…the opposition parties ...

Minister Sanjay Nishad called UP floods "Ganga’s blessings," saying the river came to "clean their feet." A villager replied, ...

Officials warn that the possibility of further rise remains if river water is released again from upstream barrages.

A video of Sanjay Nishad's visit to an area of Lucknow quickly went viral in which he was heard saying that river Ganga reached the doorstep to clean the feet.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath deployed a ministerial team of 11 members to oversee relief activities in ...

A cloud burst in Dharali, Uttarakhand, caused extensive destruction, turning the market into rubble and triggering flash ...