Maha Kumbh 2025, is drawing millions of devotees to Prayagraj, seeking spiritual fulfilment at the sacred confluence. With a gathering of this scale, ensuring the well-being of every pilgrim is a monumental task. And Reliance Foundation’s ‘Teerth Yatri Seva’, a holistic initiative guided by its ‘We Care’ philosophy, continues to be dedicated to enhancing the … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Sangam waters where millions of devotees have been taking a holy dip every day during the ongoing Maha Kumbh has been found to be contaminated with alarming levels of faecal and total coliform, prompting National Green Tribunal (NGT) to summon UP govt authorities.A quality assessment report submitted to NGT by Central Pollution … Read more
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in state assembly NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee took a vitriolic dig at Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath over the ongoing Maha Kumbh, saying the spiritual gathering in Prayagraj has turned into “Mrityu Kumbh”.The West Bengal CM claimed there was a disparity in the arrangements made for … Read more
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hema Malini on Tuesday said that the Maha Kumbh stampede, where 30 devotees died, was “not a very big incident” and added that the situation was being “exaggerated”. “We went to Kumbh, we had a very nice bath. It is right that an incident took place, but it was … 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
NEW DELHI: The opposition has raised serious concerns over the management of the UP government after a stampede broke out leaving several injured on Wednesday morning at Sangam, Maha Kumbh. While Congress president slammed the Yogi Adityanath government for “paying more attention to self-promotion than management and mismanagement”, Samajwadi Party chief called upon the BJP-led … Read more
A stampede broke out at the Maha Kumbh on Wednesday, before the ‘Amrit Snan‘ during ‘Mauni Amavasya‘, with an anticipated attendance of 10 crore devotees.Ambulances were rushed to the ghat and injured persons were taken to the central hospital inside the Mela ground for treatment. Officials said that several people were brought death to the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Govt has directed airlines to add flights to Prayagraj in the wake of airfares surging around the ongoing Maha Kumbh’s important snan dates — Jan 29 and Feb 3, 4, 12 & 26. Following a TOI story showing return airfares to Prayagraj around these dates from several other cities had touched or even … Read more
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge at MP’s Mhow NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday took a vitriolic dig at Union home minister Amit Shah over his Maha Kumbh visit, saying Shah’s “dip in Ganga won’t remove poverty“.Launching a massive broadside against the BJP, the Congress chief said the leaders of the saffron party were … 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