President Droupadi Murmu highlights government's accelerated work pace, key decisions, and focus on youth and employment ...

In many ways, Hindu rashtra’s Constitution seems to be the very antithesis of the enlightened document — B.R. Ambedkar’s ...

2nd mock race: 1400m: Dedication (Trevor), Marcus (Zervan), The Sengol Queen (Prasad) and Alexandria (I. Shaikh) 3-1/4, 1-3/4 and Neck. 1m 26. 90s, 600/38. Dedication, who was racing almost a ...

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy men lead millions in a sin ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The 13th edition of the Kolkata Literary Meet was held from January 21-26 at a new venue this year, the Horticultural Garden in Alipore ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people -- the largest gathering of humanity.

The event’s main draw is the thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive processions toward the confluence to bathe. Indian authorities took more than 16 hours to release casualty ...

The stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh — the third such incident in recent months — confirms India’s dubious distinction of having the most number of deaths during ...