RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat faced protesters shouting slogans like 'Mandir Banao, ya waapas jao' at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.
Puri Peethadhishwar Swami Nischlananda Saraswati made the claim after the chief minister met him at Kumbh Mela.
We sadhus have left everything including our home, mother and father for a greater cause, then why we cannot leave smoking," Yoga guru Ramdev said.
Tharoor wrote: "Ganga bhi swachh rakhni hain, aur paap bhi yahi dhone hain. Iss Sangam mein sab nange hain. Jai Ganga Maiya ki!"
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his ministerial colleagues took a dip in the Sangam on Tuesday after holding a cabinet meeting in Prayagraj.
Yogi Adityanath has shifted the Uttar Pradesh cabinet meeting to Prayagraj that will be held on the banks of the Sangam at the Kumbh Mela for the first time on Tuesday.
Priyanka Gandhi will hold a press conference along with Rahul Gandhi in Lucknow on February 4.
The fire broke out around 6 PM and fire fighters extinguished it with minutes, police said.
This Kumbh Mela, the two NGOs will work together to make volunteers present at different points of the Mela in a bid to reunite missing children with their families.
On the very first "Shahi Snan" (royal bath) that took place on Tuesday on the occasion of the auspicious Makar Sankranti, dozens of visitors could be seen defecating and relieving themselves in the open.
The Kumbh Mela is held every six years, while the Maha Kumbh takes place every 12 years.
Firefighters rushed to control the blaze which engulfed the makeshift structure at the venue
The ban on the use of wedding halls, guest houses and banquet halls for weddings and ceremonies has left residents of Prayagraj in the lurch.
The Indian government on Tuesday withdrew the subsidy to Hajj pilgrims in accordance to a 2012 Supreme Court
The decision comes soon after the Yogi Adityanath government announced that all official letters will carry the Kumbh logo.
They also assured Yogi that 14 fake babas will not participate in the Ardh Kumbh
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.