At 31.8degC, Sangam City logs warmest Jan day in 9 years

LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- Sangam City, Prayagraj, woke up to a summer-like day on Friday, with bright sunshine pushing the maximum temperature to a nine-year high of 31.8degC in January. The India Meteorolog... Read More

Sangam City records third warmest Jan day on record

LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- Sangam City, Prayagraj, woke up to a summer-like day on Friday, with bright sunshine pushing the maximum temperature to a nine-year high of 31.8degC in January. The India Meteorolog... Read More

At 31.8degC, Sangam City logs warmest Jan day in 9 yrs

LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- Sangam City, Prayagraj, woke up to a summer-like day on Friday, with bright sunshine pushing the maximum temperature to a nine-year high of 31.8degC in January. The India Meteorolog... Read More

'Crowd swelled of a sudden and then...'

Mahakumbh Nagar (Prayagraj), Jan. 30 -- It was 2 am on Wednesday when the entire 4,000-hectare Mahakumbh Mela area echoed with chants of "Jai Gange" and "Har Har Mahadev" on the occasion of Mauni Amav... Read More

People, panic, pain: Anatomy of a disaster

Mahakumbh Nagar (Prayagraj), Jan. 30 -- It was 2 am on Wednesday when the entire 4,000-hectare Mahakumbh Mela area echoed with chants of "Jai Gange" and "Har Har Mahadev" on the occasion of Mauni Amav... Read More

Heartbreaking accounts of next of kin: 'Six of us came here, now we are five'

Mahakumbh Nagar (Prayagraj), Jan. 30 -- Jai Prakash Soni's voice quivered as he recounted the heartbreaking loss of his mother, Sheela, in the stampede that struck Sangam Ghat in Prayagraj on Wednesda... Read More

'A sudden crowd surge and then...'

Mahakumbh Nagar (Prayagraj), Jan. 30 -- It was 2 am on Wednesday when the entire 4,000-hectare Mahakumbh Mela area echoed with chants of "Jai Gange" and "Har Har Mahadev" on the occasion of Mauni Amav... Read More

Kin cry out in grief: 'My father was trampled by thousands'

Prayagraj, Jan. 30 -- Jai Prakash Soni's voice quivered as he recounted the heartbreaking loss of his mother, Sheela, in the stampede that struck Sangam Ghat in Prayagraj on Wednesday morning. While ... Read More

Kin cry out in grief: 'My father was trampled by thousands'

Prayagraj, Jan. 30 -- Jai Prakash Soni's voice quivered as he recounted the heartbreaking loss of his mother, Sheela, in the stampede that struck Sangam Ghat in Prayagraj on Wednesday morning. While ... Read More

Packed trains, 'endless roads', a first-timer's Mahakumbh tale

Mahakumbh Nagar, Jan. 29 -- For a 34-year-old, Rahul Halder, a resident of Dhanbad, the Mahakumbh is an embodiment of faith. And this was the force that pushed him to travel to Prayagraj, to take a di... Read More

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