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Short-sighted SP, hails Akhilesh Yadav for calling off Harvard trip

Apr 28, 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) however lashed out at Azam Khan for showing immaturity in his reactions to his frisking at the airport in Boston. #WhatNext #Harvard #Akhilesh Yadav #Azam Khan #Kumbh Mela
UP min Azam Khan detained briefly at US airport, to cut short visit in protest

Apr 26, 2013

According to sources familiar with the incident, Khan was detained for about 10 minutes for "further questioning" at Boston Logan International Airport yesterday after he landed in a scheduled British Airways flight from India. #United States #NewsTracker #Harvard University #Azam Khan #Kumbh Mela #Uttar Pradesh minister #Boston Logan International Airport
Harvard to present Kumbh Mela study at South Asia meet

Apr 25, 2013

The two-day long symposium in the University's South Asia Institute (SAI) will focus on the timely appeal of South Asia to the humanities at the intersection of religion and civil society, ancient arts and cutting edge technologies, organisers said. #NewsTracker #Harvard University #Kumbh Mela
Akhilesh visits Harvard to deliver lecture on organising Kumbh Mela

Apr 24, 2013

Akhilesh Yadav is the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to get the Harvard invite. #United States #Uttar Pradesh #NewsTracker #Harvard University #Maha Kumbh Mela 2013
Kumbh Mela: Lakhs gather to take dip on Maghi Poornima

Feb 25, 2013

Special traffic arrangements are in place to divert devotees to less congested roads and ensure smooth exit after the ritual bath. #NewsTracker #Kumbh Mela #Holy dip #Maghi Poornima
Lifebuoy makes a brilliant non-ad film

Feb 21, 2013

If Lifebuoy advertising seemed like clever (and effective) advertising, a new initiative from Lifebuoy tugs at the heartstrings. #AdCulture #Kumbh Mela #Lifebuoy #OgilyAction
Images: How sadhus become Naga sadhus at the Maha Kumbh

Feb 18, 2013

How do men become Naga sadhus, considered among the most unique holy men seen at the Maha Kumbh? Here are photographs of men who have chosen to join the ranks of the holy men. #ImagesOfTheDay #Allahabad #sadhus #Maha Kumbh Mela #Naga sadhu
Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar takes holy dip at Kumbh Mela

Feb 18, 2013

Kumar drove straight to the confluence of three rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, where the 12-yearly Maha Kumbh congregation is underway, and took a holy dip. #Meira Kumar #NewsTracker #Kumbh Mela #Lok Sabha Speaker
Allahabad stampede: UP govt orders judicial probe

Feb 18, 2013

A state spokesman said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had appointed retired Allahabad High Court judge Justice Onkareshwar Bhatt to hold the probe. #Uttar Pradesh #Akhilesh Yadav #Kumbh Mela #Allahabad stampede #Allahabad Railway Station
Uttar Pradesh writes to PM against VIP bathing in Kumbh

Feb 15, 2013

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday passed an order that only ambulances and those carrying police officials on duty be allowed inside Kumbh area. #Manmohan Singh #NewsTracker #Kumbh Mela #Shahi Snan #VIP bathing

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