Allahabad stampede: Kumbh Mela in-charge Azam Khan quits

Hours after the Sunday night’s tragic stampede in Allahabad, which claimed 36 lives and left 30 injured, Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minster Azam Khan stepped down as the chairman of the......

Lost and Found at the Kumbh Mela

The festival is billed as the largest gathering of humanity on earth, with 110 million people expected to attend over 49 days. But for the thousands who get lost among the crowds, help is at hand......

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: The Republic of Dharma

The rich and the pauper, the austere and the ostentatious, the atheist and the seer, the iconoclast and the idol worshipper, all find warmth and solace in the icy waters of the Sangam, notes......

UP Eyes Rs 25,000 Cr Revenue From Maha Kumbh

... resulting in a Rs 2 trillion economic spinoff. IMAGE: A sadhu blows a conch as he prays on the day devotees take a holy dip -- the shahi snan -- at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga,......

Allahabad-Varanasi Ganga waterway to start by 2019 Kumbh: Gadkari

The project worth about Rs 5,000 crore is underway with assistance from the World Bank. Come 2019 Kumbh, pilgrims will be able to use Ganga waterway to reach Allahabad from Varanasi, Union......

Religion meets business at Kumbh

With nearly 120 million devotees expected to visit Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh over next two months for a holy dip at the Sangam, the Maha Kumbh mela is being billed as the largest congregation on......

Distressed Kanpur leather industry now faces Kumbh trouble

Ahead of the Kumbh Mela from January-March 2019 at Prayag, the tanneries have been asked to shut down to stop discharge of effluents into the Ganga. IMAGE: A leather tannery at an industrial area......

PIX: Ekta Kapoor takes Ek Thi Daayan to Kumbh Mela

Ahead of her new film Ek Thi Daayan's April 18 release, Ekta Kapoor took off for the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, with two of her film's stars: Emraan Hashmi and Huma Qureshi.......

Mamta Kulkarni: 'I Have Not Come Back For Bollywood'

'I have no connection with the D (drug) world.' IMAGE: Mamta Kulkarni in Karan Arjun. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mamta Kulkarni/Instagram "I have not come back for Bollywood and I am not planning......