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Steve Jobs’ Wife Laurene Powell Visits UP Temple Ahead Of Maha Kumbh Visit

January 12, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, visited the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi on Saturday before heading to Prayagraj for Maha Kumbh. Ms Lawrence was accompanied by Swami Kailashanand Giri Ji Maharaj of Niranjani Akhara to the temple. Wearing an Indian attire (a pink suit and a white…

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Seven-Layered Security In UP’s Prayagraj Ahead Of Mahakumbh Mela

January 9, 2025 admin

Prayagraj, UP: Days before the commencement of the Mahakumbh festival, Inspector General of Police, Prayagraj Tarun Gaba said that a 7-layer security scheme is being implemented to avert any untoward incident in the mass religious gathering. Talking to ANI on Wednesday, Tarun Gaba said, “Mahakumbh 2025 is the biggest gathering of humanity… We are committed…

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Rs 400 Crore Infrastructure To Ensure 24/7 Electricity At Maha Kumbh

January 2, 2025 admin

New Delhi: With the Maha Kumbh festival less than two weeks away, electricity infrastructure worth Rs 400 crore has been put in place to ensure 24-hour power supply for over 40 crore devotees. To this end, the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) has constructed 182 km of high tension lines and 1,405 km of…

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Yogi Adityanath Visits Prayagraj, Reviews Preparations For Mahakumbh

December 31, 2024 admin

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): The preparations for the Mahakumbh Mela 2025 have been ramped up as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Prayagraj on Tuesday for the fifth time in December to review the preparations for the upcoming event. During his visit, the Chief Minister also inaugurated the Bio-CNG plant built in the Naini…

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Drones To Watch Over Pilgrims At Maha Kumbh 2025

December 29, 2024 admin

Mahakumbh Nagar: The upcoming Maha Kumbh will feature unprecedented security measures with the deployment of drones capable of monitoring 100 metres underwater and 120 metres above ground, officials said. More than 45 crore pilgrims are expected to participate in the grand gathering. In a first for Uttar Pradesh, underwater drones will be deployed in the Sangam…

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5 Workers Injured In Transmission Tower Collapse In UP’s Prayagraj

December 28, 2024 admin

Prayagraj: Five workers were injured when a 400-kilowatt transmission line tower collapsed here on Saturday, officials said. ACP (Tharwai) Chandrapal Singh said that on Saturday, some electric work was underway on a 400-kilowatt transmission line connecting Bengal to Delhi in the Sahason area under Tharwai police station. In the same sequence, while pulling the wire,…

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UP Declares Prayagraj’s Maha Kumbh Area New District

December 2, 2024 admin

The newly formed district will be known as Maha Kumbh Mela. Prayagraj: Ahead of the upcoming Maha Kumbh Mela, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government in a landmark decision has declared the Maha Kumbh area in Prayagraj as a new district. The decision, taken on Sunday, which led to the formation of the new Maha…

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Woman Jumps From Building After Fight With ‘Boyfriend’, Dies: UP Cops

August 21, 2024 admin

She was taken to a private hospital where doctors declared her dead. (Representational) Prayagraj: A 22-year-old woman died of wounds after she jumped from a coaching centre building near the Aeroplane crossing in Prayagraj allegedly after a fight with her purported boyfriend, police on Wednesday said. The woman was preparing for competitive exams and lived…

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UP Woman Dies By Suicide, Family Sets In-Laws’ House On Fire, 2 Dead

March 19, 2024 admin

The woman had married in February last year New Delhi: Hours after a woman died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, her family allegedly set her husband’s house on fire, killing her parents-in-law, the police said on Tuesday. Three more people, including the woman’s husband, were injured in the fire, they said. The woman, Anshika…

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Morning Digest | Army launches anti-militancy operation in Rajouri; INDIA bloc cites Bihar data to reiterate demand for caste census, and more

October 3, 2023 admin

An exchange of fire began in Rajouri’s Kalakote between hiding militants and security forces. File representative image | Photo Credit: PTI Jammu encounter: Army launches major anti-militancy operation in Rajouri An exchange of fire started on Monday night in Rajouri’s Kalakote between hiding militants and security forces, led by the Army who launched a major…

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