There are 13 groups of Akhras; some of the prominent akharas participating in the Maha Kumbh will be Juna Akhara, Naga Akhara, Niranjani Akhara, Kinnar Akhara, Mahanirvani Akhara and Vaishnav Akhara.

British government sources tell London’s The Times that Asma al-Assad, the London-born wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is effectively barred from the United Kingdom as her ...

Asma al-Assad, who was treated for breast cancer in Damascus ... The family had previously been welcomed to Russia by Vladimir Putin. Fawaz Akhras, Ms al-Assad’s father, has left London to care for ...

In 2012, Asma al-Assad was placed under UK and EU sanctions ... Her cardiologist father, Fawaz Akhras, has left his Harley Street clinic in what appears to be an attempt to care for his daughter ...

The British wife of exiled dictator Bashar Al-Assad has been effectively barred from returning to the UK, reports claim. London-born Asma, 49 - said to have a "50-50" chance of survival as she ...

Asma is dying,' a source close to the Akhras family told the newspaper. 'She can't be in the same room as anyone.' Another source said: 'When leukaemia comes back, it's vicious. She has been 50-50 ...

Asma Assad is being isolated to prevent infection ... and she is now reportedly being cared for by her father Fawaz Akhras, a respected Harley Street cardiologist, who is said to be “heartbroken”.

Asma al-Assad, 49, fled to Russia after her husband's brutal regime was overthrown by Syrian rebels. However, reports circulating in Turkish media suggest she now wants to return to Britain for ...

Asma al-Assad was always the friendly face of a brutal regime. The UK-born ophthalmologist married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000 just after he'd taken over power in Syria from his late father.