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Akbar Allahabadi becomes Prayagraji on UP website

"It was evidently a handiwork of some miscreants expressing their apparent...

Main accused held in fake Covid testing scam from UP

The owners of Max Corporate Services Sharat Pant and his wife Mallika, who...

2 officials suspended for Kumbh Mela fake testing scam

Two officials in Uttarakhand have been suspended for their alleged...

How were fake Covid certificates issued during Kumbh?

The sordid details of the FIR filed against these companies for issuing fake...

Unfair to call Kumbh Covid 'super-spreader': Official

Mela Inspector General Sanjay Gunjyal also said the religious event formally...

Kumbh Mela: Seers keep last Shahi Snan symbolic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 17 had appealed to sadhus to observe...

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Why was Kumbh held amidst raging pandemic?

What is particularly worrying is that the vast majority will not have access...

Kumbh virtually ends as key akhadas pull out

Most of the devotees have already left and the akhadas have been winding up...

Kumbh: Bindra, Dutt in war of words

'Should the Kumbh Mela even be held while an infectious pandemic lays waste...

30 sadhus at Kumbh Mela test positive for COVID-19

Over the last five days, a total of 2,167 people were found positive for...

1,700 test Covid positive at Kumbh over 5-day period

More RT-PCR test reports are awaited and the trend shows that the number of...

PIX: What Covid? Thousands gather at Kumbh mela

Social distancing norms were violated openly by the seers when they and their...

'Lives more important': Juna akhara exits Kumbh Mela

The Juna Akhara, one of the largest sects of seers in the country, announced...

Kumbh should only be symbolic amid Covid crisis: PM

Avdheshanand urged people to not come to the Kumbh mela for bathing in large...

Kumbh: Seers seek apology from Niranjani Akhada

Nirvani Ani Akhada president Mahant Dharmdas said that only the mela officer...

Don't compare Markaz, Kumbh: Uttarakhand CM

Briefing the media persons, Rawat said, "There is no comparison between...

Kumbh: Lakhs take dip in Ganga amid Covid surge

Masks were not worn by a large proportion and social distancing appeared...

PHOTOS: Kumbh Mela begins amid rising Covid cases

Devotees who have taken the anti-Covid vaccination will have to show their...