“A lottery is a sleazy type of business for the state of Washington to be in,” said one state representative. He said it would establish a state-sanctioned “numbers racket.” Another legislator called ...

Genevieve Larkin, the wisenheimer social climber in the film “Gold Diggers of 1937,” might not have known the term, but she ...

Marion Turner, 2023 A love letter to Chaucer's favourite pilgrim, the fabulous and insatiable woman who is at the heart of "The Canterbury Tales". A book as bawdy and brilliant and celebratory as ...

Chilham in Kent is a village that has been frozen in time, with its medieval architecture and charming countryside making it ...

Pilgrims showing photographs of their lost relatives at the lost-and-found center last month at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India. India Dispatch The lost-and-found center at the world’s ...

A mini bus carrying 27 pilgrims to the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj collided with an unidentified vehicle on the Kalyanpur Overbridge Seven pilgrims sustained minor injuries when the mini bus they were ...

10 Crore Pilgrims Likely To Take Holy Dip At Maha Kumbh Tomorrow. Here's Why The Amrit Snan (formerly called Shahi Snan) is the grandest and most sacred ritual of the Maha Kumbh Mela.

MAHAKUMBH NAGAR: The ongoing Maha Kumbh has crossed the 10-crore milestone for pilgrims taking a dip at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers ...

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Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have been moved by its grandeur points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: Sadhus after ...

Saudi authorities have made polio vaccination mandatory for all Umrah pilgrims, with a formal notification issued by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). This requirement applies to all ...