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Why Modi Chose To Speak In Parliament On Maha Kumbh

Besides the not-so-hidden unease between Modi and Adityanath, Modi chose to address the Lok Sabha to ensure that he could personally claim all the kudos, observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay. IMAGE:......

History In Minutes: World's First Airmail Flew Over Kumbh

On February 18, 1911, French pilot Henri Pequet carried 6,500 mails in the world's first official airmail flight over Allahabad, coinciding with the Kumbh Mela. IMAGE: Devotees take a dip in the......

'Kumbh pilgrims dying of hunger': MPs spar in Parliament

A war of words erupted on Tuesday between Samajwadi Party MPs and Bharatiya Janata Party's Hema Malini over the alleged mismanagement at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, with SP leaders alleging that......

SC refuses to hear PIL on Maha Kumbh stampede

Terming as 'unfortunate' the January 29 stampede at Maha Kumbh where at least 30 people were killed, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) for guidelines......

Probe panel to visit Kumbh stampede site on Friday; report in 1 month

The three-member judicial commission set up by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the Maha Kumbh stampede will visit the site on Friday, panel head Harsh Kumar, a retired judge of the Allahabad......

UP Eyes Rs 25,000 Cr Revenue From Maha Kumbh

... resulting in a Rs 2 trillion economic spinoff. IMAGE: A sadhu blows a conch as he prays on the day devotees take a holy dip -- the shahi snan -- at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga,......

Allahabad-Varanasi Ganga waterway to start by 2019 Kumbh: Gadkari

The project worth about Rs 5,000 crore is underway with assistance from the World Bank. Come 2019 Kumbh, pilgrims will be able to use Ganga waterway to reach Allahabad from Varanasi, Union......

Religion meets business at Kumbh

With nearly 120 million devotees expected to visit Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh over next two months for a holy dip at the Sangam, the Maha Kumbh mela is being billed as the largest congregation on......

Distressed Kanpur leather industry now faces Kumbh trouble

Ahead of the Kumbh Mela from January-March 2019 at Prayag, the tanneries have been asked to shut down to stop discharge of effluents into the Ganga. IMAGE: A leather tannery at an industrial area......

Prayagraj to house Indian Railways' ambitious freight programme

Built by the French railway technology company Alstom, it will host a 90-metre-long digital wall for train operation, said to be the second largest in Asia. IMAGE: A man walks on a railway track......

Mamta Kulkarni: 'I Have Not Come Back For Bollywood'

'I have no connection with the D (drug) world.' IMAGE: Mamta Kulkarni in Karan Arjun. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mamta Kulkarni/Instagram "I have not come back for Bollywood and I am not planning......

'Maha Kumbh will be a game-changer on television'

Actor Gautam Rode is ready with his upcoming television serial, Maha Kumbh. "I play a man named Rudra. He is mysterious, enigmatic, aggressive and secretive. He lives in......

Poonam Pandey takes a dip at the Kumbh Mela

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Starlet Poonam Pandey paid a visit to the ongoing Kumbh Mela, and took a dip in the holy Sangam water and sought......

PIX: Ekta Kapoor takes Ek Thi Daayan to Kumbh Mela

Ahead of her new film Ek Thi Daayan's April 18 release, Ekta Kapoor took off for the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, with two of her film's stars: Emraan Hashmi and Huma Qureshi.......

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