Photographers Basabdatta Sarkar and Krishna Roy recount their experience at Prayagraj’s Mauni Amavasya where an incident led to panic. Amid holy chants, a sudden pushback and screams marked the tragic scene at the sacred riverbank, highlighting the dangers of overcrowding during such massive gatherings. At 1am, we joined the flow of humanity. We were 30m…
LUCKNOW: The stampede at Maha Kumbh came like a tornado – sudden, fierce, and unstoppable. In the early hours of Wednesday, as thousands of pilgrims gathered at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj for a sacred bath, a surge of young men tore through the crowd, trampling sleeping devotees and those huddled near the ghat, recounted survivors…
PRAYAGRAJ: The swift intervention and coordinated efforts of central forces, police, NDRF, and seers helped prevent the situation from escalating after a stampede broke out on Mauni Amavasya at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.As panic spread, NSG, BSF and NDRF personnel quickly created safe passages for devotees and ambulances. More than 3,500 BSF troopers, along with…
Gukesh Dommaraju (Tata Steel Chess Tournament Photo) NEW DELHI: Following one of the most highly anticipated clashes of Round 10, India’s Gukesh Dommaraju maintained his lead at the top of the Masters leaderboard at the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, defeating Dutchman Max Warmerdam on his home soil in Wijk aan Zee on Wednesday.Defending with…
A child is born when the male reproductive cell called sperm fertilises an egg, the female reproductive cell. It results in the formation of a zygote that attaches to the lining of the uterus and grows into a baby.What if somebody told you that in future a child could be born even if the sperm…
NEW DELHI: The cabinet on Wednesday approved a 3% increase in the procurement price of ethanol made from C-heavy molasses (CHM) to Rs 57.9 per litre for the 2024-25 supply year (Nov to Oct), while keeping rates unchanged for ethanol produced from B-heavy molasses, sugarcane juice, sugar, sugar syrup and other feedstock.CHM is the last…
NEW DELHI: Though admitting that Punjab and Haryana HC committed an “egregious error” by reversing the acquittal order of three persons by invoking its revisional jurisdiction, not allowed as per law, and that too without granting them a hearing, SC on Wednesday blamed Haryana govt for the mistake and said the public prosecutor should have…
NEW DELHI: Health minister J P Nadda has said the US announcing its exit from the WHO will not impact the ongoing programmes being implemented in India in partnership with the UN agency.“Our projects and programmes will continue. As far as health is concerned, we are not dependent on anybody,” Nadda said at a press…
NEW DELHI: Government is likely to table 62 bills for introduction and passage in the coming budget session of Parliament. These proposed legislations include Immigration and Foreigners Bill, Official Secrets Bill, PMLA Amendment Bill, Parliament (Prevention and Disqualification) Bill, Banking and Insurance Amendment Bills, Registration of Marriage of NRIs Bill and Higher Education Commission Bill.As…
NEW DELHI: From fighter jets and armoured combat vehicles to aero-engines and missiles, Trump administration is set to push India to further crank up military purchase from US, which already stands at well over $25 billion just since 2007.President Donald Trump’s transactional approach was clearly evident in his phone conversation with PM Narendra Modi on…
