Coming full circle after a gap of 95 years, all the three ‘amrit snans’ (formerly ‘shahi snans’) organised in 1930 and 2025 Kumbh Mela have occurred on the same dates and days. Records with National Archives of India reveal the three special bathing days of Makar Sankranti, Mauni Amavasya and Basant Panchami took place on … Read more
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan launched an attack on the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the Maha Kumbh stampede case in Prayagraj and said the water is most contaminated there as “bodies were thrown in the River.” In a conversation with reporters outside the Parliament over the discussion on Jal Shakti during Zero … Read more
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 … Read more
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak took a veiled swipe at Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, after Yadav’s holy dip at the Triveni Sangam during the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj, remarking, “better late than never.” “Better late than never. He witnessed the wave of faith today,” Pathak … Read more