PRAYAGRAJ: Faith and fate entwined in ways no one had foreseen on Mauni Amavasya at Maha Kumbh. The mela grounds became a labyrinth of hope and despair after a stampede, with people searching for their missing loved ones. Some were reunited, others were left to wander through uncertainty.For Leena Sahoo, thousands of miles away in…
Six pilgrims who were returning from Maha Kumbh after a holy dip – three each from UP and Bihar – died in two separate road accidents on Thursday, bringing the total number of such deaths since the start of the religious congregation to 28.Three devotees from UP were killed and three others injured when their…
LUCKNOW: The stampede at Sangam that claimed 30 lives on Maha Kumbh’s most auspicious day won’t dampen the spirits of pilgrims as their religious grounding has taught them to accept such adversities as “the will of God”, VHP’s international president Alok Kumar said on Thursday as crowds continued to throng the venue. “Past experiences show…
PRAYAGRAJ: Undeterred by the stampede of the day before, flow of devotees continued at Maha Kumbh Thursday, a day after Mauni Amavasya. More than 1.7 crore devotees had bathed at Sangam by Thursday afternoon, and the number reached around 2 crore by end of the day. The mela administration continued to operate shuttle buses and…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Indian Railways operated 364 outward trains from various stations of Prayagraj to ferry around 12 lakh pilgrims on Wednesday. The railway ministry said that in addition, another 77 inward trains were operated. The outward trains from Prayagraj included 142 regular and 222 Maha Kumbh special trains.Vaishnaw said senior…
MUMBAI: Political circles were abuzz with speculation about Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP coming together after BJP minister Chandrakant Patil told Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday that he was waiting for the “golden moment” when the two parties would ally again.Patil met Uddhav at the wedding reception of BJP MLA Parag Alavani’s daughter….
MUMBAI: With Maharashtra joining the list of BJP-governed states that have discontinued eggs in midday meals for classes 1 to 8, opposition strongly criticised the decision on Thursday.In a government resolution issued this week, the school education department revised the list of dishes provided in midday meals, removing provisions for eggs and sugar. Instead, it…
NEW DELHI: Admitting that Congress did not protect the interests of Dalits and the backwards the way it should have after the 1990s, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said if the party had retained the the confidence of the marginalised communities, RSS would have never been able to “come to power”.“I have to say in past…
NEW DELHI: Days after an environment ministry expert panel gave its conditional nod to resume construction of Sikkim’s 1,200 MW Teesta III hydroelectric project, a study published in the international journal ‘Science’ has warned that the increasing number of such projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas amplifies GLOF risks.It was the catastrophic glacial lake…
Nitin Gadkari (PTI Image) NEW DELHI: In this age of social media, you can’t sweep things under the carpet, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday while highlighting how even small issues relating to quality of road and toll become viral. He said the use of social media has become a tool for…
