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COVID RT-PCR test compulsory for Kumbh Mela returnees to Odisha
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 17 (ANI): The Odisha Government has made the COVID-19 RT-PCR test compulsory for people from the state who are participating in Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand before boarding train or flight to Odisha.
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Madhya Pradesh to quarantine returnees from Kumbh Mela
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 17 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday directed all district collectors to quarantine people returning from Kumbh Mela.
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Kumbh Mela concluded for Juna Akhara, says Swami Avdheshanand Giri
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Amid surging COVID-19 cases in the country, Swami Avdheshanand Giri, Acharya Mahamandleshwar, Juna Akhara on Saturday said his Akhara has immersed the deities and now the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar has concluded for them.
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COVID-19: No direct entry to villages for Gujarat Kumbh visitors, RT-PCR m
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 17 (ANI): Devotees returning home to Gujarat from the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar will not be given direct entry to their villages, said Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday, adding that all returnees will have to undergo an RT-PCR test against COVID-19.
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Juna Akhara's Swami Avdheshanand Giri welcomes PM Modi's appeal to keep Ku
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Juna Akhara's Mahamandleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to keep Haridwar Kumbh Mela "symbolic" amid surging COVID-19 cases in the country.
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COVID-19: Plea in SC against invitation advertisement to 'Kumbh Mela'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): A Noida-based lawyer has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking immediate strict directions to the Central government and Uttarakhand government to withdraw all the advertisements inviting people to Haridwar for "Kumbh Mela" keeping in view the facts
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PM Modi requests to keep Haridwar Kumbh 'symbolic', inquires about health
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): A day after 30 'sadhus' tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he spoke to Swami Avdheshanand Giri, Acharya Mahamandleshwar, Juna Akhara to inquire about the health of the seers and r
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Kumbh: 30 sadhus in Haridwar test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 16 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing Kumbh in Haridwar, 30 sadhus in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, said the Chief Medical Officer on Friday.
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COVID-19: RT-PCR test mandatory in Karnataka for people returning from Kum
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 15 (ANI): Karnataka government on Thursday mandated an immediate RT-PCR test for those returning from ongoing Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.
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Maha Nirvani Akhara head undergoing treatment for COVID-19 dies in Dehradu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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2,167 positive COVID-19 cases in Haridwar in last five days; Kumbh Mela to
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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As 'Shahi snan' concludes, 50 pc police force in Kumbh Mela to be withdraw
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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