Visakhapatnam: The RTC's special bus service for pilgrims travelling to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj has received an overwhelming response. The first bus, carrying 36 passengers, departed from ...

A stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India killed at least 30 people on Wednesday and injured dozens, many of whom were sleeping on the riverbanks. Drone footage showed millions ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his condolences to the families of victims of a crowd surge at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Uttar Pradesh. Many are said to be injured ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela is a major Hindu festival held every 12 years in Prayagraj, India. It began on January 13, 2025, and will continue until February 26, 2025. This event is expected to attract ...

“Ninety injured were taken to the hospital” after the stampede at the Mahakumbh Mela in the city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred early in the morning near the confluence ...

open image in gallery Devotees seen trying to cross a barricade at the site of stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela (AFP via Getty) Several eyewitnesses described being stuck between the ...

PRAYAGRAJ: More than seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival in north India's Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday (Jan 29), said ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival told AFP Wednesday. Deadly crowd crushes are a ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival is the world's largest religious gathering. Organisers have likened this year's festival to a temporary country, expecting up to 400 million pilgrims.

The festival’s special executive officer said a barrier near the river broke as throngs of people were walking toward the riverbanks to take their holy dip as part of the Maha Kumbh Mela in the ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India: A pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday (Jan 29), with many more injured after a surging crowd spilt out of a police ...