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22 crore devotees in 49 days: Kumbh makes history

The one-and-a-half-month-long Kumbh Mela ended on Monday with devotees from different walks of life and parts of the country taking a holy dip on Mahashivratri. IMAGE: Naga Sadhus arrive to take a......

Sangam turns into biggest confluence of human faith as 5 cr take dip

An estimated five crore devotees had their holy dip in the Sangam on Monday, the second and most auspicious day of ‘shahi snan’ on Mauni Amavasya, turning the Ganga, Yamuna and mystical......

At Rs 4,200 crore, this year's Kumbh Mela costliest ever

The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated Rs 4,200 crore for the Kumbh Mela being held in the ‘sangam’ city of Allahabad, which is over thrice the budget of the Maha Kumbh in 2013,......

Kumbh Mela starts with Shahi Snan in UP

At the break of dawn, chants of ‘Har Har Gange’ reached its crescendo as lakhs of devotees, ascetics and religious leaders of various orders congregated at the Sangam on Tuesday for a......

Tejashwi meets Akhilesh, Mayawati; backs their alliance

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav's wholehearted support to the Bahujan Samaj Party-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 general election drew snide remarks on Monday......

Melas, rallies and the problem of unemployment

If everyone had decent meaningful jobs, the rally maidans would be largely empty and, save for the Akhara babas and curious foreigners and the devout senior citizens, not very many would spare time......

Welcome to India's biggest junkyard mela

Images from the Bhanga Mela, India's only e-waste market.Text and photographs: Abhiroop Dey Sarkar For centuries Mandir bazaar, a nondescript locality about 80 kilometres south of Kolkata, has been......

Rajan's rate-cut message to Modi: Now fix the budget

The central bank is not statutorily independent from the government, but it enjoys broad autonomy in setting monetary policy. Image: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (L) and RBI Governor......

Sikka meets Modi; dedicates $250 mn to innovate in India

Infosys chief executive officer Vishal Sikka on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and disclosed that his company will spend $250 million (over Rs 1,500 crore) to fund innovations in......

Nearly 500 US cos keen to participate in Vibrant Gujarat 2015

As many as eight nations are participating in Gujarat government's flagship biennial event With US participating for the first time in Gujarat government's flagship investment event, around 500......

Madhuritai's look in her first Marathi film

At 50, Madhuri ticks off one more item on her Bucket List. At age 50, Madhuri Dixit -- arguably the most celebrated Maharashtrian actress of her time -- finally makes a foray into Marathi cinema.......

Aamir Khan celebrates Makar Sankranti

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities. Celebrities turned to Twitter and wished their fans celebrating the Pongal, Bihu, Makar Sankranti and Uttarayan......

Coming up this Sankranti: Nannakku Prematho, Dictator

Which film are you looking forward to? Telugu cinema has some interesting movies coming up during the Makar Sankranti weekend. Here's a look at what to expect. Nannakku......

Which Pongal release are you looking forward to?

Rajini Murugan, Tharai Thappattai, Kathakali, Gethu... Telugu cinema has an interesting line-up for Makar Sankranti releases, and Tamil cinema has a wonderful Pongal line-up. We take......

Akshay, Shah Rukh, Hrithik: How off-duty daddies spend time

Things that make you go 'awww!'Bollywood actors lead supremely busy professional lives. So it must be a real treat when they get to spend some quality time with their kids.Here's a bunch of......

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