Railways operated more than 16,000 trains during Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Railways operated more than 16,000 trains during Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “More than 16,000 trains were operated for the Maha Kumbh that carried around five crore devotees to the pilgrimage,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said, in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Thursday (February 27, 2024). Mr. Vaishnaw, who was here to congratulate the railway workers for the work done … Read more

High levels of microbes from human, animal excreta found in river water at Maha Kumbh: report

High levels of microbes from human, animal excreta found in river water at Maha Kumbh: report

High levels of faecal coliform (microbes from human and animal excreta) were found in river water in which people took holy dip during Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI High levels of faecal coliform (microbes from human and animal excreta) were found in river water in which people took holy dip … Read more

Vicky Kaushal reaches Prayagraj for holy dip at Maha Kumbh, says feeling fortunate

Vicky Kaushal reaches Prayagraj for holy dip at Maha Kumbh, says feeling fortunate

Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal, left, being welcomed by UP Cabinet Minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi at Sangam during Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Actor Vicky Kaushal on Thursday (February 13, 2025) reached Prayagraj to take a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam at the Maha Kumbh and … Read more

Maha Kumbh tragedy: Karnataka tour operators face 25-30% cancellations

Maha Kumbh tragedy: Karnataka tour operators face 25-30% cancellations

Devotees cross pontoon bridges during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday. Following the recent tragedy at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj which claimed 30 lives including those of four people from Belagavi, devotees from Karnataka are thinking twice before making their journey there. A few private tour operators who offer … Read more

Bus carrying pilgrims to Prayagraj Maha Kumbh catches fire in U.P., 1 killed

Bus carrying pilgrims to Prayagraj Maha Kumbh catches fire in U.P., 1 killed

An elderly passenger was killed when a private bus carrying pilgrims from Telangana to the Prayagraj Maha Kumbh caught fire on Tuesday, police said. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze, which created chaos at the tourist facility in Vrindavan where the bus was parked, they said. According to Additional SP City Arvind Kumar, … Read more

Maharashtra elections: Maha Vikas Aghadi accuses Mahayuti government of rigging voters’ names

Maharashtra elections: Maha Vikas Aghadi accuses Mahayuti government of rigging voters’ names

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole. File | Photo Credit: ANI Ahead of Assembly polls, the Opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday (October 18, 2024) accused the Mahayuti government of deleting voters’ names from the voters’ list in the constituencies where MVA had a substantial lead in the Lok Sabha elections. Showing evidence, MVA … Read more

Maha Vikas Aghadi seat-sharing woes continue, Congress wants ‘friendly fight’

Maha Vikas Aghadi seat-sharing woes continue, Congress wants ‘friendly fight’

The fissure within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra has deepened after Congress leader Naseem Khan said his party wanted “friendly fights” in six Lok Sabha seats. However, Congress’s allies NCP (Sharad Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT) opposed the proposition, saying it would divide the votes and benefit the BJP. A friendly fight would … Read more

5-day ‘Maha Sathaavadhanam’ begins in Vijayawada

5-day ‘Maha Sathaavadhanam’ begins in Vijayawada

Noted Avadhani and poet Madugula Naga Phani Sarma performing at Sri Durga Soundarya Lahari Mahasatha Avadhaanam in Vijayawada on Monday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri A five-day ‘Sri Durga Soundarya Lahari Maha Sathaavadhanam’ began here on Monday. Noted Avadhanam expert and poet Madugula Nagaphani Sarma performed the ‘Avadhanam’ while the speakers praised him for his … Read more