The ancient Ganga-Godavari-temple on the bank of river Godavari was later closed till next Kumbh mela to be held in 2027-28.
CPI-M leader W R Varadarajan said senior party leaders Harkishan Singh Surjeet and Jyoti Basu have requested the party to relieve them from politburo due to their advanced age and immobility. A decision on the request would be made on April 3. Both had urged the CPI-M to relieve them in the last Congress, but the party had requested them to continue as it felt their advice and guidance would be vital.
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Monday parried questions on whether veteran Marxist leaders Jyoti Basu and Harkishan Singh Surjeet would continue in the politburo, but said he favoured "an early retirement policy". "We will decide on that in this Congress," he said when he was asked the question.
Indian golfers continue to dominate the Asian Tour Order of Merit with as many as seven of them making it to the top-15 earners' list.
The parents of the December 16 Delhi gang rape victim on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India will stage a second Asian PGA Tour event near capital New Delhi from Feb. 20, organisers said on Tuesday
The ruling SP declared the candidates for nine assembly seats besides changing the candidates of 14 constituencies ahead of the 2017 UP polls.
Manmohan Singh, reveals the former President, was keen that either P Chidambaram or Montek Singh Ahluwalia be the finance minister.
For the first time in the history of the Communist Party of India - Marxist, its two founding members Jyoti Basu and Harkishan Singh Surjeet will give a miss to the party's 19th All India Congress, which begins in Coimbatore on Saturday, due to health-related reasons. The 94-year-old Basu expressed his regret and inability to attend the Congress. "Their absence would be deeply felt. But both the comrades, we know, are always with us," MP Brinda Karat said.
India showcased its military might and cultural diversity with a splendid display.
Jeev Milkha Singh came up with a disciplined performance to card a six-under 66 in the second round and maintain his tied second spot in the $ 2.9 million Ballantine's Championship in Jeju on Friday.
The Orlando-based Indian golfer reckons he will have to sort out his putting on the grainy Bermuda grass of the Delhi Golf Club he goes into the final two rounds of the Indian Masters.
With desert winds making putting tough, the Indian trio of Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa and Shiv Kapur struggled at the Emirates Golf Club and slipped down the leaderboard after the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai on Friday.
'Manik Sarkar may have been able to hang on if he hadn't been a follower of the CPI-M's all-time hardliner Prakash Karat,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
The Indian trio of Jyoti Randhawa, Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh found the going tough at the Doha Golf Course and slipped down the leaderboard after ordinary performances in the penultimate round of the Qatar Masters in Doha on Saturday.
Jeev Milkha Singh could not really set alight the turf, while Jyoti Randhawa too was not in his element and the Indian pair brought home a final round card of one-under 71 to finish tied 17th in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup of Golf in Dongguan, China on Sunday. The duo needed something special in the foursome format to haul them up among the top 10 but all they could manage was a 71.
The agenda for the year 2020 is well laid out -- launch of UDAY 2.0, installation of smart pre-paid metres, prompt payment by discoms, making coal available for short term and reviving gas based plants. But, it has to ensure effective implementation of various policy tweaks done so far.
Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi have his facts wrong when he claimed during his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort that Nagla Fatela, a tiny village in Uttar Pradesh, had finally been electrified, seven decades after independence?
The Lalit Modi faction has moved the Jaipur High Court against BJP leader Amin Pathan and few others, who allegedly removed the former Indian Premier League commissioner from the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) in a coup following a no-confidence motion.
The swimmers led India's charge on Saturday by winning 7 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze as they completely dominated the pool yet again.
The country's golfing giants will grace the fairways of Delhi Golf Club next month at the prestigious Hero Honda event.
Ankita Raina and top seeds men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan assured India of at least a couple of bronze medals in the tennis competition by progressing to the semifinals at the Asian Games, in Palembang, on Wednesday.
Jyoti Randhawa, Shiv Kapur and Rahil Gangjee missed the cut after the second round of the Maybank Malaysian Open.
Hema Malini and Shaina NC have also been omitted from the group.
Lok Sabha was on Tuesday adjourned briefly as a united opposition created an uproar demanding the resignation of Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over her controversial remarks.
Jyoti Randhawa shot a flawless five-under 65 to be tied second after the opening round at the European Open.
Shiv Kapur, Jyoti Randhawa failed to do so with scores of four-over 148 and seven-over 151. Frenchman Michael Lorenzo-Vera carded a second round of two-under 70 to post the leading score of six-under 138.
Jeev Milkha Singh's tied 25th finish in the Masters helped him climb three places to 80th even though Jyoti Randhawa continued to be India's highest ranked golfer at 74th. Placed 83rd in last week's Official World Golf Rankings, Jeev, who notched up his best finish in a Major at the Augusta Masters on Sunday, rose to 80 in the latest chart, which also has Randhawa at 74, one place up from his previous 75th position.
The hits and misses of the week.
The parade began after President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Ashoka Chakra -- India's highest peacetime gallantry award -- to Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militant-turned-soldier who laid down his life fighting a group of terrorists in Shopian in Kashmir in November.
The Indian golfer produced a sizzling opening round seven-under 65 in the Singapore Masters.
Bollywood remembers their daddies on Father's Day.
Jeev Milkha Singh shot a rollercoaster one-under 71 to settle for a tied 19th finish, while Jyoti Randhawa's two-under 70 in the final round earned him a share of the 30th position in the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday.
A composed Jyoti Randhawa kicked off his campaign with an opening round of two-under 70 to be tied 10th, even though his compatriots Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh went over-par in the $ 2.5 million Qatar Masters in Doha on Thursday.
Jyoti Randhawa bulldozed his way into a share of the early lead in the Dubai Desert Classic first round.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "great economist", who she said has given a positive direction to the nation's economy.
Tanzania's Alphonce Simbu won the men's elite full marathon event while Kenya's Bornes Kitur bagged the women's title at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai, on Sunday.
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