Kumbh and Markaz should not be compared: Uttarakhand CM

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Tuesday said that there is no comparison between Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi and Kumbh in Haridwar as the former was held in a closed space while the......

Kumbh Mela: Covid reports, masks to be compulsory

Preparations are underway for Kumbh Mela 2021 to be held from April 1 to 30 in Haridwar. The Uttarakhand government has decided to limit the Kumbh this year to 30 days. IMAGE: KTents are seen as......

Rahul is a Hindu, so is Zakir Naik, and Amit Shah

Syed Firdaus Ashraf on the futility of the 'Who is a Hindu?' debate. Some people are young and immature, and grow up later in life. Some people refuse to grow up -- and I fall in this category I......

PHOTOS: India's deadliest stampedes ever

The stampede on the footover bridge at Mumbai's Elphinstone Railway station adds to India's notoriety for deaths due to such accidents, when sudden, uncontrollable crowds surge out of control.......

Infosys' tryst with Kumbh Mela

Sikka promises to develop tech for event Image: Priests perform evening aarti on the banks of River Ganga during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Photograph: Jitendra......

A fantasy trip onboard the Deccan Odyssey

Anybody who's watched the 1974 whodunit Murder on the Orient Express or read The Mystery of the Blue Train will find it hard to resist the fantasy of a week on a luxuriously languorous train ride......

After a long hiatus, a civic body hits Bond Street

After a gap of a few years, one more civic body is tapping the debt market. Nashik Municipal Corporation is raising Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million).The last civic body to raise money from the public......