Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 11 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government has ordered an inquiry against all the private labs doing rapid antigen tests after discrepancies were found in COVID-19 testing data during Mahakumbh earlier this year.
Seventy lakh devotees participated in Haridwar's Kumbh Mela, the mammoth religious congregation which ended Friday after triggering a scare that it might have acted as a coronavirus "super-spreader".
HC pulls up Uttarakhand govt over Kumbh Mela amid Covid pandemic, seeks status report
HC pulls up Uttarakhand govt over Kumbh Mela amid Covid pandemic, seeks status report
A bench of the Uttarakhand HC pulled up CM Tirath Singh Rawat s government over its management of the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.
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UPDATED: April 29, 2021 17:52 IST
Devotees gather to offer prayers at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar during Kumbh Mela on April 14, 2021 (Photo Credits: PTI)
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HC advised state government to increase the number of cremation grounds
Bench also suggested different mode for registration for vaccinations in Uttarakhand
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While India continues to grapple with the second wave of Covid-19 cases, the last
shahi snan of the Maha Kumbh is taking place in Haridwar on Tuesday on the occasion of Chaitra Purnima.
ANI shared a tweet reporting from Uttarakhand where people are taking a holy dip in the river Ganga today as the part of the last
shahi snan.
Uttarakhand: People take holy dip in river Ganga in Haridwar on Chitra Purnima today. The last shahi snan of #KumbhMela2021 is taking place today. pic.twitter.com/rnF0UN8mU0 ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed on April 17 requesting seers to keep the rest of the Kumbh symbolic in order to curb the spiralling COVID-19 numbers. While the prominent
He had called me from Kumbh Mela : Udit Narayan mourns the loss of elder brother Shravan, of the Nadeem-Shravan duo
Shravan, of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, had tested COVID positive after he and his wife came back from the Maha Kumbh Mela a few days ago. Udit Narayan, Shravan Rathod , Twitter
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Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 03:33 PM IST
Shravan Kumar Rathod, of the popular composer duo Nadeem-Shravan, died on April 22, due to COVID-19 related complications. The popular music composer had tested positive after he and his wife came back from the Maha Kumbh Mela a few days ago.
Now, singer Udit Narayan, a dear friend of Shravan Rathod and who has worked on many romantic hits with the duo, said that he had spoken with the late composer when he was at the Kumbh.