Residents of Prayagraj have thrown their doors open to the hundreds of stranded and hungry after a massive surge in number of pilgrims arriving for the Maha Kumbh sent the city infra groaning under ...

A three-member judicial commission set up by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the Maha Kumbh stampede reached Prayagraj on Friday, an official said. The panel is headed by Harsh Kumar, a retired ...

He has a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, an M.A. in Economics, and a Ph.D. He first served as the district magistrate and collector of Prayagraj (then Allahabad) from March 2007 to April 2008.