Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday left for the United States to deliver a lecture at Harvard Business School. Akhilesh will address students on the successful hosting of Maha Kumbh 2013. Akhilesh is expected to talk about the administrative challenges faced in hosting the 55-day long event.
The successful hosting of Maha Kumbh 2013 has earned UP CM Akhilesh an invite from Harvard University to speak on how the 55-day religious congregation, which attracted tens of millions of people from India and around the world, went off like clockwork and was praised by the different organisation.
Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan, Minister of State for Science and Technology Abhishek Mishra, Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission NC Bajpai, Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani, Kumbh management officials as well as Inspector General Alok Sharma are amongst those accompanying Akhilesh Yadav to Boston for the Kumbh 13 lecture.
Akhilesh Yadav is the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh to get the Harvard invite. Officials said the chief minister would address the students and faculty of the prestigious business school on April 26. His address would follow a five-minute video presentation "Magic of Kumbh", and a 25-minute power point presentation detailing the challenges the administration faced while organising the mega event in Allahabad town that began on January 14 and concluded on March 12....
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10:10 AM, Apr 25, 2013
The curtain came down on Sunday on the Kumbh 2013, the biggest religious congregation on earth, with over 70 lakh people taking a holy dip at Sangam on Maha Shivratri. ...
04:30 AM, Mar 11, 2013
The Uttar Pradesh government had demanded 50 trains to clear the massive rush during the Maha Kumbh but got only 12 before the stampede on the Allahabad junction, in which 36 persons lost their lives, state minister Azam Khan said on Wednesday. ...
10:49 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The Kumbh Mela administration on Saturday banned photography at all bathing ghats at the religious congregation, officials said. ...
12:26 AM, Feb 24, 2013
After the tragic railway station stampede helicopters are being used to monitor the crowd at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. The religious akharas have decided that they would not play the drums during the Shahi Snan to express their condolence over the tragedy. ...
04:30 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Lucknow DIG Navneet Sikera flouted an Allahabad High Court order when he made a visit to the Maha Kumbh Mela during the last 'Shahi Snan' (holy dip) on Friday. Sikera brought his relatives and friends to the VIP bathing ghat in his official car. ...
02:11 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Maha Kumbh is an amalgamation of the varied colours of India. Acharya Mahamandleshwar Awadhesha Giri Maharaj of Juna Akhara has designed his ashram at the Maha Kumbh in an eco-friendly manner even though it is no less than a five-star retreat. ...
12:12 PM, Feb 15, 2013
A fire at the Maha Kumbh Mela left one dead and injured five others, hours before pilgrims gathered for the last Shahi Snan on Basant Panchami on Friday, just five days after the Allahabad railway station stampede. ...
08:03 AM, Feb 15, 2013
CNN-IBN's senior special correspondent Shreya Dhoundial joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Allahabad stampede. ...
05:05 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Citizen Journalist Rajesh Sharma was one of the survivors of the Kumbh stampede. He sent us this video from the Allahabad station where hapless pilgrims and passengers are braving it out at the station. Basic infrastructure is missing as hundreds remain huddled at the station. ...
03:57 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Even as the blame game continues between the UP government and the Railways over responsibility for the stampede at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Governor BL Joshi has stoked controversy. He has commented that stampedes do tend to happen when crowds gather. ...
01:00 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav reached Swaruprani Bakshi hospital in Allahabad on Tuesday to meet the people injured in Sunday's stampede at the railway station and said that such tragedies are very painful and his administration would try its best to prevent such incidents. ...
12:58 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Preity Zinta, Ekta Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi and Huma Quraishi were spotted praying in the Ganges during the Maha Kumbh Mela. ...
11:53 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Tonight at 10:30, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether the Kumbh stampede could have been avoided. You can send your viewpoint and questions on the issue here or tweet them to us
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10:14 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Monday that he would be going to Allahabad to monitor the situation as three more bathing days at the Maha Kumbh were scheduled. He also denied that Sunday night's stampede was caused by the collapse of a foot-over bridge. ...
02:39 AM, Feb 12, 2013
In a major tragedy on the most auspicious day of the Maha Kumbh on Sunday, at least 36 pilgrims were killed and over 30 people were injured in a stampede at the Allahabad railway station. Authorities fear the death toll could rise further and 17 bodies are still to be identified. Eyewitnesses say a police lathicharge triggered the chaos. ...
02:43 PM, Feb 11, 2013
In a major tragedy on the most auspicious day of the Maha Kumbh on Sunday, at least 37 pilgrims were killed and many were injured in a stampede at the Allahabad railway station. All injured pilgrims have been admitted in the hospital and undergoing treatment. ...
02:08 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Condoling the loss of lives in the stampede at Allahabad, BJP President Rajnath Singh on Monday said the incident could have been avoided if adequate precautions had been taken at the railway station teeming with thousands of Kumbh pilgrims. ...
12:15 PM, Feb 11, 2013
The death toll in the stampede at the Allahabad railway station had gone up to 37 by Monday morning. ...
11:37 AM, Feb 11, 2013
