4 days ago · LONDON -- At least 30 people were killed and dozens have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest gatherings, authorities said. The Maha Kumbh Mela takes place ...

On 29 January 2025, crowd crushes occurred at the 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela [1] [2] at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers in Prayagraj, [3] in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.At least 30 [4] people were killed, while 90 others were injured. [5] This is the sixth crowd crush during the Kumbh Mela in the past 70 years. [6]A second crush in the following hours [7 ...

On 10 February 2013, during the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, a stampede broke out at the train station in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 42 people and injuring at least 45 people.

4 days ago · Maha Kumbh stampede developments: 30 dead, 60 injured in Prayagraj; judicial probe ordered DIG Vaibhav Krishna says stampede took place between 1 and 2 a.m., when a huge crowd broke the barricades ...

4 days ago · A police official monitors the movement of people at the control room after a stampede when Hindu devotees rushed to take a holy bath in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on “Mauni Amavasya” or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

4 days ago · At Least 30 Dead and Many More Hurt in Stampede at Huge Hindu Festival in India. People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where ...

4 days ago · Prayagraj MahaKumbh Mela Stampede News Latest Update: Thirty people have died and 60 more are injured after a “stampede-like” situation broke out at the Maha Kumbh mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj in the early hours of Wednesday. While 25 victims have been identified, the injured are undergoing treatment at the local medical college, confirmed Vaibhav Krishna, DIG Mahakumbh.

4 days ago · The Maha Kumbh festival has had stampedes in the past. In 2013, at least 40 pilgrims who were taking part in the festival were killed in a stampede at a train station in Prayagraj.

4 days ago · It was the peak moment at one of the holiest gatherings on the Hindu calendar — the Maha Kumbh Mela, a 45-day celebration that brings hundreds of millions of the faithful to bathe in the joined ...

2 days ago · The pre-dawn stampede at the massive Hindu festival in northern India created havoc. ... Local officials moved to resume the rites at the Maha Kumbh Mela, relying on thousands of “A.I.-powered ...