An Indian court awarded a life sentence on Monday to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in the eastern city of Kolkata ...

A police officer runs along the prison van carrying Sanjay Roy, a police volunteer, to produce him at a court (AP) The case, initially investigated by Kolkata police, was later handed over to the ...

Days after a building collapsed in Kolkata's Vidyasagar Colony, BJP leader and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth.

Having faced stiff resistance when they tried to register an 'akhara' for transgender persons 10 years ago, the tent of their sect at the ongoing Maha Kumbh is now flooded with pilgrims queuing up ...

The All India Akhara Parishad, the biggest umbrella organisation of sadhus, and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a key religious arm of the RSS, have developed differences over the call for an overarching ...

Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Akhara area at Mahakumbh 2025 is a sight to behold. Camps for various organisations, including the Akharas, Khak Chowk, Dandiwada, ...

Abhay Singh, who gained fame as 'IITan Baba' at the Maha Kumbh with the claim of being an aerospace engineer from IIT-Bombay, ...

Seers from the Shri Panchayati Mahanirvani Akhara made their 'Royal Entry' -- also called Chavni Pravesh-- for the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj. IMAGE: A seer from the Shri Panchayati ...