'Can never go to heaven': Kharge taunts Shah for Kumbh dip

On a day Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a dip at the Triveni Sangam, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday asked if poverty could be ended by taking a dip in the Ganga, alleging that......

Tirupati temple 'purified' amid animal fat in laddu row

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) executive officer J Shyamala Rao on Monday said that devotees can set aside their apprehensions regarding laddus at the temple as the sanctity of the......

Kumbh Mela starts with Shahi Snan in UP

At the break of dawn, chants of ‘Har Har Gange’ reached its crescendo as lakhs of devotees, ascetics and religious leaders of various orders congregated at the Sangam on Tuesday for a......

Sadhus and seers take holy dip during Ujjain Kumbh Mela

The city of Ujjain hosted the Kumbh Mela, the largest religious congregation of Hindus, with over five crore people including seers attending the holy city. It is one of the four fairs......

BSNL to become a major service tax payer

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is all set to emerge as a major service tax payer to the central government with the amount expected to touch Rs 1,800 crore (Rs 18 crore) during 2003-04.BSNL paid Rs 1,700......