New Delhi: Delhi residents who have visited the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar or are planning to do so will have to undergo compulsory 14-day home quarantine on their return and upload their details on an official website, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said in an order. The ongoing Kumbh MelaContinue Reading
New Delhi: A seer has died from COVID-19 and 80 other holy men have tested positive after attending a vast religious festival where millions of pilgrims have been ignoring Covid-19 advice despite a national surge in infections. The announcement from authorities in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, came as India recorded more thanContinue Reading
Haridwar: Thousands of devotees, some of them without masks, gathered by the river Ganges in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar on April 11 in densely packed crowds for prayers during the Kumbh Mela – one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. A day ahead of the Shahi Snan – considered toContinue Reading
The Kumbh Mela was on Friday declared as India’s ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ by UNESCO. The event was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UN body. The annual congregation of pilgrims was one of the 33 new additions to the list this year.Continue Reading
Ujjain: Sr. Alice Purayidom administered an IV drip to Omi Devi, who had suffered severe sunstroke. Devi’s husband, Dariya Singh Donda, stood anxiously near her bed inside a makeshift tent that functioned as a dispensary. At least 50 others waited their turn outside the tin-roofed dispensary set up by theContinue Reading
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The state government’s first initiative for differently-abled personsContinue Reading
Ujjain :A grand assembly of prominent religious leaders representing different faiths today appealed for a ‘Swachhta Kranti’ (cleanliness revolution) across the country at the ongoing Simhastha Kumbh Mela here. The religious heads of different faiths implored the people of India to rise together so that India can shine as aContinue Reading
Ujjain: The Kumbh Mela may be open to saint and sinner but Ujjain has welcomed its version of the event by banning liquor and the city’s army of sex workers. Liquor cannot be sold here till the Simhastha, which began today, ends on May 21, chief minister Shivraj Singh ChouhanContinue Reading