Uttar Pradesh Police registered 13 FIRs against 140 social media handles for spreading misinformation about Mahakumbh. The police confirmed a video of a 2022 train fire was misattributed to the event.

Yogi Adityanath said that in 2013 Kumbh, former CM Akhilesh Yadav appointed a non-Sanatani as the mela's in-charge.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, state minister Pankaja Gopinath Munde and Chief Election Commissioner ...