South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], January 9 (ANI): In view of the rising cases of COVID-19, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is conducting a mandatory rapid antigen test for pilgrims and sadhus ahead of Gangasagar Mela.
New York [US], January 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations condemns the murder of two journalists who were burned alive by a gang in Haiti, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Friday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [Kolkata], January 7 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court has given go-ahead to Gangasagar Mela on Friday with certain conditions after the State Government decided to go ahead with the Ganga Sagar Mela after taking necessary measures to contain COVID-19.
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], January 7 (ANI): Punjab Police busted an interstate gang involved in cow slaughtering and arrested two persons from Ludhiana on Thursday.
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 6 (ANI): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has described those involved in Almaty civil unrest as "terrorist gangs" during a meeting broadcast by state television, Sputnik news agency has reported.
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): The newly appointed chief of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) said the success of the Namami Gange programme will be replicated for other rivers in the country.
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): G Asok Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti has taken over as new Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 2 (ANI): Despite a severe cold wave coupled with dense fog in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, people on Sunday thronged to take a holy dip in the river Ganga because of their "devotion for the Lord".
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], December 29 (ANI): Chief priest of Kapil Muni Ashram in Gangasagar, Mahant Gyan Das on Tuesday demanded that the Centre declare Gangasagar Mela as a national mela.
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Two persons were arrested in the Hari Nagar area of the national capital for allegedly gangraping a woman, police said on Tuesday.
South 24 Paraganas (West Bengal) [India], December 28 (ANI): Even as various parts of the country are reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases, Kapil Muni Temple chief priest Gyan Das on Tuesday said that coronavirus does not exit and devotees will definitely visit Gangasagar mela that is schedul
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi while addressing the party workers on the occasion of party's foundation day made a veiled attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party government alleging that efforts are being made to erase the Ganga- Jamuni culture,