Authorities say at least 30 dead in Kumbh Mela crowd crush
A 1997 cinema hall fire in Delhi, one of India's worst fire tragedies, killed 59 people due to asphyxiation and injured 103 ...
Families search for missing relatives after 12 feared dead in crush at Kumbh Mela festival
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is the second top official after Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer condolences to the ...
In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus?
Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...
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Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Many feared dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival
A policeman escorts a devotee after a stampede before the second royal bath at the Maha Kumbh Mela (Reuters) Police personnel gather around the crowd at the site of stampede amid the ongoing Maha ...
The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the ...
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India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
Nashik and Ujjain - which became the venues for the Kumbh Mela. Here, devotees from different Hindu sects, or Akharas, join in grand processions to take the 'Shahi Snaan' or royal bath ...
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At least 15 people feared dead in crowd crush at India's Kumbh Mela religious festival
The incident took place on Wednesday during the Hindu religious festival, the Kumbh Mela, in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, local media reported. A barrier broke during a holy bath in the city of ...