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

Poonam Pandey shares glimpses of her visit at the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, gets trolled by netizens. Check out the latest update ...

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...

Yogi Adityanath-led UP government was left red faced after a stampede at Kumbh Mela, a widely publicised event by the BJP, ...

Officials have just announced that 30 people were killed and 60 were injured during the crush at Kumbh Mela festival. Of ...

There were 15 ambulances outside the morgue and about half a dozen people looking inside for their loved ones.

Till 4.30 pm today, 5.71 crore people took a holy dip in Triveni waters on Mauni Amavasya (new moon), the day of the second ...

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 ...

Poonam Pandey shared pictures of herself taking a dip in the Ganga at the Maha Kumbh. At the grand Maha Kumbh, millions of devotees gather to immerse themselves in the holy Ganga to participate in the ...

In a post on X, the Samajwadi Party has expressed sadness over the "stampede" at the Maha Kumbh calling it "heartbreaking". The party urged the Uttar Pradesh government to speed up the relief and ...