Hindu devotees packed the streets of Haridwar, in northern India, on Monday for the largest religious pilgrimage on Earth, in scenes that defied social distancing rules just as Covid-19 infections ...

Haridwar: In view of Kumbh Mela 2021, the state government has decided to expand the Har Ki Pauri ghat to accommodate the large devotee turnout expected in the religious event. To this end, the Mela ...

MUMBAI (RNS) — As COVID-19 infections rise, the local and national governments' decision to allow the Kumbh Mela is being scrutinized as a sign of the BJP-led government favoring Hindu beliefs over ...

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday lodged a case against a company and two private labs for fudging coronavirus test reports during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela in April. Satyavir Singh, the Plant Head ...

NEW DELHI — As coronavirus cases in India shot upward last month, millions of people converged on the Ganges River to bathe at a holy spot offering a chance at salvation. When the pilgrims returned to ...

Haridwar has become the second city after Varanasi to have underground power cabling facility. Chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Union minister of State for Power, RK Singh virtually inaugurated ...