By Saurabh Sharma and Shivam Patel PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) -Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of ...
Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.
The world’s largest religious festival turns tragic as a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela leaves 30 dead and 90 injured in India.
Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers.
Two elderly women from West Bengal — Basanti Poddar (60) of Golf Green in Kolkata, and Urmila Bhuniya of Salboni in Paschim ...
As per the official statement from Kumbh Mela Police in Uttar Pradesh, the fire affected at least 10 to 15 tents. These tents ...
Despite the tragic stampede at Sangam claiming 30 lives on Maha Kumbh’s most significant day, pilgrims continue to attend, ...
Sanjay Nishad, the minister of fisheries in the Uttar Pradesh government and chief of the Nishad party called the stampede a ...