'Kumbh held with no fire safety plan''

The recent stampede at Allahabad station during the Kumbh Mela has set alarm bells ringing for the Odisha government, which is gearing up for the Nabakalebar festival (formation of new idols) at the Jagannath temple in Puri, slated to be held in ...

Allahabad: Satellite images of Kumbh Mela

Sharat Pradhan meets Raja Ram Tiwari who runs the 'Bhule Bhatke' camp at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad that has been zealously re-uniting missing people with their loved ones.Over 2 lakh people went missing in the 55-day-long Kumbh Mela. But unlike yesteryears, over 99 per cent of the 'lost' ones were re-united with their families, leaving just about 175 persons in the 'lost and found' camp.That's the first thing that strikes you as soon as you step into the 59 square kilometre 'Kumbh Nagari' ...

Allahabad, Feb 25: Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi alongwith his family members on Sunday went to the Kumbh Mela to offer prayers to river Ganga, a day before the last major snan (bathing) is to take place. He was an invitee of Ganga Action Parivar led ...

All arrangements have been put in place for sixth and last bathing of Kumbh Mela at the Sangam in Allahabad on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri tomorrow.Entry of heavy vehicles have been restricted in Allahabad city.

Those who thought the Bollywood saga of "lost and found in mela", rooted in the Kumbh, is perhaps long over, could mull over this.At the ongoing Maha Kumbh in Allahabad, more than two lakh people got separated from their near and dear ones in the last month ...

Men search for coins and gold in the polluted waters of the Ganga river at Sangam after the Kumbh Mela festival, in Allahabad, yesterday. The two- month-long mela, celebrated every 12 years at the conjunction of two sacred rivers, drew massive ...

The Atirudrabhishek with 1,331 Maharishi Vedic Pandits is performed daily at the campus in the Brahmasthan of India ALLAHABAD: Maharishi Smarak set up to immortalize the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was inaugurated here during the Kumbha Mela.

Allahabad, March 2: The issues surrounding the Kumbh Mela seem never ending. Now, they have found that just on one single day (Feb 9) more than 38,587 people went missing. More than two lakh people got separated from their near