UP mulls insurance for Kumbh attendees

Bhopal: The Uttar Pradesh government is considering insurance cover for devotees attending the Kumbh Mela scheduled to begin from January 15 at Prayagraj (Allahabad), Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said here Saturday. Maurya said people from 192 countries were expected to attend the 49-day event, for which the UP government had arranged Rs 4,300 crore. pti

Post #MeToo, Gaurav Bhatia quits Sotheby’s  

New Delhi: Gaurav Bhatia has resigned as Sotheby’s India MD, nearly a month after he went on a “leave of absence” following allegations of sexual misconduct, the auction house said on Saturday. Bhatia, who was South Asia operations head and the “driving force” behind “Boundless: India”, Sotheby’s maiden auction in the country, put in his papers on December 20, 2018. According to the anonymous allegations against Bhatia that surfaced on social media, he touched the ‘victims’ inappropriately and forcibly tried to kiss them. pti

Ambedkar oversight in Maha govt calendar 

Mumbai: A Maharashtra government calendar for year 2019 has skipped the mention of death anniversaries of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar (November 28) and 19th century social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (December 6). The development prompted the NCP to seek an apology from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis while Congress asked him to own “moral responsibility” for the “glaring mistakes”. pti