On Wednesday as lakhs lined up to take a dip in the Ganga River at Mahakumbh, a stampede-like situation occurred, killing at ...

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Hindu festival, which draws millions of devotees, was recently marred by a deadly stampede, claiming at least 30 lives and injuring 60 ...

The Triveni Sangam -- the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati -- is considered the holiest by Hindus, with a belief that taking a dip in it during Mahakumbh and particularly on special bathing ...

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who had been toiling hard for the last several months to make the Maha Kumbh a grand success, appeared before media with his eyes full of tears.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences to the devotees who lost their loved ones in the stampede-like situation in Maha Kumbh and wished for the speedy recovery of all the injured.

Taking to his social media on X, Patnaik wrote," Deeply saddened to learn about the loss of lives in the stampede ahead of the Mauni Amavasya holy dip in the ongoing Mahakumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's ...