Baby girl found alive and well in box floating on Ganges

Indian police investigate after one-month-old discovered in box with her name and time of birth

Police in India have launched an investigation after a newborn baby was found alive and well in a wooden box floating on the Ganges River.

The inside of the box was lined with red cloth and contained images of Hindu gods as well as a horoscope giving the date and time of the girl's birth and name, Ganga - the Hindi word for the holy river.