About 65 lakh pilgrims from across the country have visited Sagar island to take a holy dip at the confluence of river Ganga and the Bay of Bengal during the Ganga Sagar Mela, West Bengal Minister for ...

The Bengal CM while addressing a meeting held at the state secretariat took stock of the preparations ahead of the Ganga Sagar mela and directed the state health department to set a team of experts to ...

Two pilgrims were evacuated from the Ganga Sagar mela by an air ambulance after they were taken ill and admitted to MR Bangur Hospital in Tollygunge on Friday. Senior officers said Sumitra Devi, 55, ...

Thousands of pilgrims on Wednesday started arriving in West Bengal for the annual Ganga Sagar Mela even as the COVID-19 infections continued to mount and remained a cause of concern in the State.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded that the Centre accord national status for the annual Gangasagar Mela which will be held next week here in the state’s South 24 ...

Kolkata: The Indian Navy has deployed a 10-member diving team at the Sagar Island for the upcoming Ganga Sagar Mela, the second largest assembly of pilgrims after the quadrennial Kumbh Mela, off the ...

Kolkata, Jan. 15 -- Lakhs of pilgrims defied the cold weather to take a holy dip at Ganga Sagar, the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on Makar Sankranti. The event, marked by chanting ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to designate the Ganga Sagar Mela, an annual celebration in the state during Makar Sankranti ...

A website will help will help lost pilgrims get united with their families during the upcoming Ganga Sagar Mela on the occasion of ‘Makar Sankranti’ in West Bengal. In the melee, several pilgrims ...

Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister on Tuesday said her government would build a five-km-long bridge over a river connecting the mainland with the Sagar Island, where the annual ...

South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Preparations are underway at Gangasagar, sub-division of South 24 Parganas for the Ganga Sagar Mela, which is scheduled to be held on the day of ...