Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): Maha Nirvani Akhara head Kapil Dev, who was undergoing treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital here on Wednesday.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): A total of 2167 people were found positive for coronavirus in Haridwar -- the place where the month-long Kumbh Mela is going on -- in the last five days.
Roorkee (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): A student died at a COVID-19 quarantine centre set up at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee on Thursday. The cause of his death is yet to be confirmed.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): With the completion of the 'Shahi snan' in the Haridwar Kumbh mela, 50 per cent of the police force deployed at the mela has been withdrawn, Uttarakhand's Director General of Police (DGP) informed.
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Ministers Kiren Rijiju will inaugurate the Indo-Tibetan Border Police's (ITBP) Water Sports and Adventure Institute (WSAI) in Tehri on Friday in the presence of the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Tirath Singh Rawat along with D
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand Police on Thursday informed that the police force deployed in Kumbh Mela will be reduced by half as the Baisakhi festival has successfully concluded.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): All 13 akharas took a holy dip at river Ganga on the occasion of 'Baisakhi Shahi Snan' during Kumbh, the first achievement since 1974, the Kumbh Mela Inspector General (IG) Sanjay Gunjyal said on Wednesday.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 14 (ANI) The Kumbh Mela at Haridwar will continue and there is no information of it being curtailed, an official said on Wednesday.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 14 (ANI): Amid the continous spike in COVID-19 cases, around 6 lakh devotees have arrived in Haridwar for Baisakhi snan, which is considered to be biggest of all four shahi snan and 11 snan of Kumbh combined.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 14 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Tuesday said that there is no comparison between Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi and Kumbh in Haridwar as the former was held in a closed space while the latter is being held in a vast open area.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 14 (ANI): Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases across the country, devotees took a holy dip at the Har Ki Pauri ghat in Uttarakhand's Haridwar on the occasion of the third 'shahi snan' in Kumbh on Wednesday.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 13 (ANI): Kumbh Mela Officer Deepak Rawat on Tuesday inaugurated the world's largest Diya on Aastha Path, according to the state government.