Sexagenarian Rohini Jha from Bihar’s Maithili region sleeps on the ground in her camp on the banks of the Sangam, wakes up early to take up a holy dip, and has one meal a day despite the biting cold. The 68-year-old is performing Kalpvas — a month-long practice of austerity and spiritual focus — at…
Prayagraj: Flower petals being showered on devotees during the first ‘Amrit Snan’ at the Mahakumbh on Makar Sankranti festival, at Sangam in Prayagraj, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (PTI Photo) (PTI01_14_2025_000584A) Doordarshan (DD) has deployed about 40 cameras, including one mounted on a helicopter, and two on boats, to provide unprecedented coverage of the special “snan”…
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A village head was among four arrested for offering Friday prayers in a makeshift shed in Bareilly without seeking permission, police said on Saturday (January 18, 2025). A case was registered against seven persons and other unidentified people for the incident that happened while prohibitory…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with BJP National Spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Sudhanshu Trivedi takes a dip at Triveni Sangam during the ongoing Maha Kumbh, in Prayagraj on January 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday (January 18, 2025) participated in the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj. He…
A worker cleans temporary bio toilets ahead of Mahakumbh, at Sangam in Prayagraj, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit leaders distributed copies of the Constitution to the sanitation workers at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. They said the religious congregation at Prayagraj is a great celebration of…
A Chinese national was arrested in Sonauli while he was allegedly trying to cross over to India from Nepal without valid documents. Image for representative purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A Chinese national was on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) arrested while he was allegedly trying to cross over to India from Nepal without…
Uttar Pradesh is looking to privatise two of its four power distribution companies, a State government tender showed, as the country’s most populous state grapples with power losses and a lack of sufficient transmission infrastructure. The State is inviting private companies to form partnerships with or privatise state-owned Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam and Purvanchal Vidyut…
A Juna Akhara procession, ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. Image for representative purposes only | Photo Credit: AFP A 13-year-old girl who was admitted to the Juna Akhada recently to become a ‘sanyasin’ was expelled on the grounds that her entry into the monastic order was against the rules. Rakhi Singh’s…
People gather at the locality where the bodies of five members of a family were found at their home, in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, on January 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Five members of a family, including three children aged eight, four and one whose bodies were stuffed in sacks and kept in a bed…
A View of Aligarh Muslim University Campus. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) received a threat email “to blow up the campus”, following which the security arrangements have been intensified, police said on Friday (January 10, 2025). Superintendent of Police (City) Mrigank Shekhar Pathak said that checking at all sensitive areas in…
