Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: Huge crowd of devotees triggers massive jam in Prayagraj

Prayagraj: Devotees cross a pontoon bridge near Sangam during the ongoing ‘Maha Kumbh Mela’ festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A severe traffic congestion extending for kilometers was witnessed on the routes to the Maha Kumbh Mela here on Sunday with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav asking the … Read more

Supreme Court to hear plea seeking access to public schools and hospitals to Rohingya refugees on February 10

Rohingya refugees at Kalindi Kunj in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of an NGO seeking direction to the Centre and the Delhi government to grant Rohingya refugees based in the national capital access to public schools and hospitals. A bench of Justices … Read more

Parliament Budget Session Day 7 LIVE: “Importance of Prayagraj,” RS Chairman Dhankhar says as members raise exorbitant airfares due to Mahakumbh

Strict processes followed for gold auctioning: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in LS DMK MP Kanimozhi asks if it is taking any measures to prevent large-scale auctioning of gold, noting recent instances of this by NBFCs. She also asks why disbursal is capped at Rs. 20,000.  Pankaj Chaudhary, MoS for Finance, shares that in September 2024, … Read more

Maha Kumbh: President Murmu takes holy dip at Sangam

President Droupadi Murmu taking a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam. Photo: X/@airnewsalerts President Droupadi Murmu on Monday (February 10, 2025) visited the Maha Kumbh Mela and took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam. She will also offer prayers at the Akshayavat and Bade Hanuman Temple, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accompanying her. Governor … Read more