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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Haridwar: The Haridwar district administration has launched an anti-encroachment drive to clear illegal settlements from Kumbh Mela land, triggering criticism from locals who claim that only poor ...