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 families of those who have lost loved ones in the crush. In a post on X, he called the accident in Prayagraj "extremely painful" and expressed condolences to victims' relatives.
Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Many feared dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival in India
More than 100 people were killed in a stampede in northern India in July 2024 following a Hindu religious gathering, making it one of the deadliest such accidents in years. Thousands had gathered at a makeshift tent for an event led by a Hindu preacher in Uttar Pradesh state.
Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...
The previous record for the highest single-day attendance at the Kumbh was set in 2019, when 50 million devotees participated ...
At least seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the northern Indian ...
In a social media post on X, Modi said the local administration was engaged in helping the victims in every possible way and ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives and prayed for the recovery of those injured. The state government is ...
As many as 10 crore devotees and pilgrims are expected to throng the Maha Kumbh mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj today for ...
A stampede-like situation at Prayagraj’s Maha Kumbh during Mauni Amavasya left multiple injured, with local reports ...
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Raebareli police restricts vehicles to Prayagraj after Maha Kumbh incidentCircle Officer-city Raebareli Amit Singh said that so far they have stopped around 40-50 vehicles, including around 10 large ...
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