-The Hindu The Matuas became a significant political entity after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003, came into being On a sultry April day, Thakurnagar, the holy site of Matuas in the Bongaon sub-division of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district bordering Bangladesh, sizzles with banners of rival political parties asking for votes. As if indifferent to the ongoing political tension and the pandemic threat, a boisterous religious rally makes its way through...
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Kumbh Mela axe on Allahabad weddings -Piyush Srivastava
-The Telegraph At least 2,000 wedding functions will now have to be cancelled, the head of an association of marriage halls in Allahabad estimated Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath’s administration has allowed a pilgrimage to interfere with people’s private lives, ordering hotels and marriage halls in Allahabad city to cancel all bookings for weddings during the Ardh Kumbh Mela days earmarked for bathing in the Ganga. At least 2,000 wedding functions will now have to...
More »Govt to ease CSR fund flow into holy river -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a move to involve private players more to clean Ganga, the govt is keen to allow corporates to spend their CSR fund without any interference of municipal bodies in 118 cities and towns along the river. Corporates would be allowed to undertake projects that contribute to this mission after getting easy approval from the municipal bodies. "The issue was discussed at a meeting chaired...
More »Stampede claims 36 lives at Allahabad station
-Yahoo.com According to eyewitnesses, there were more than 4,000 people on the 150-metre long bridge over Platform No. 6, and many of them were leaning on the railing. ALLAHABAD: At least 36 people died and scores of others injured on Sunday evening when a stampede broke out at the Allahabad Junction teeming with pilgrims returning from the Mahakumbh here. The incident occurred around 7 pm, allegedly when a railing leading to a...
More »Maha Kumbh: Sangam water not fit for bathing, says Pollution Board-Lalmani Verma
-The Indian Express Despite the tall claims of the UP government of providing pollution-free water at Sangam, Allahabad, devotees at Kumbh continue to take their Holy dip in polluted water. The latest report of UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), the Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) at Sangam is around 5 mg/litre, much above the permissible limit of 3 mg/ltr. BOD is an indication of the organic quality of water and increases with...
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