Rising tides and a recent spate of natural calamities have further damaged a key road near the Kapil Muni Temple in ...

BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's administration's handling of Gangasagar Mela. He said that despite the massive turnout at the Mahakumbh 2025 in ...

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.

Gangasagar will be given ‘national mela’ status only when the BJP comes to power in West Bengal, says Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati also said that PM Narendra Modi should ...

Gangasagar Mela 2025: The deployment of NDRF will also feature a specialised canine (K9) squad, which will assist in search and rescue operations, significantly enhancing the teams' capabilities.

"If you see from the angle of difficulty in transit, Gangasagar Mela is much tougher than Kumbh Mela," she said. She said that one has to cross river Muriganga and then travel by road again for 30 ...

Observing that the Gangasagar Mela is no less important than the Kumbh Mela, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (January 6, 2025) said that the government at the Centre supported ...

While speaking on the preparation for the Gangasagar Mela, District Magistrate, South 24 Parganas Sumit Kumar Gupta said that it may require an additional 2-3 days. He further said, “We are preparing ...

The second-largest fair after Kumbh Mela, the Gangasagar Mela starts on the pious day of Makar Sankranti, which generally falls between January 14 and 15 every year and concludes on January 17.

Indian Coast Guard has launched a major rescue operation near Gangasagar mela in WB The boat carried 400 passengers, so far 140 have been rescued Pilgrims were returning from Gangasagar after ...

Since the Gangasagar Mela commenced, a rapid lifesaving action team of divers with Gemini boat was also positioned at the Mela site to ensure the safety of pilgrims during the holy bath in the sea ...