In 2013, there was no permanent ghat, river front or ROB in Prayagraj, while in 2019 nine ROBs and nine underpasses were ...

A similar occurrence in 2013 had a death toll of 42. Since then, the number of pilgrims at the Kumbh Mela has grown rapidly; compared to this year’s seminal pilgrimage, 1954’s had roughly 5 ...

How will the Maha Kumbh 2025—which officially draws to a close on 26 February—be remembered? As the most successful and well attended? Or as the most harrowing and heartless? That will depend on who ...

Akhilesh Yadav also dismissed the Uttar Pradesh budget presented by the Yogi Adityanath-government, calling it the BJP's ...

No wonder, FMCG giants, tech start-ups, and fintech firms are seizing the opportunity. A hospitality agent told Fortune India the festival hosts five food courts, with 14 outlets, including Starbucks ...

Akhilesh Yadav also took a dig at the Uttar Pradesh government over reports of faecal contamination in the waters of Triveni ...

JANUARY 29, 2025: Dozens were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in northern India's ...

A stampede has killed at least 18 people at a New Delhi railway station in India as people try to catch trains to the Kumbh ...

At least 15 people have died during a stampede at a railway station in India's capital when surging crowds scrambled to catch ...

Pushes for religious tourism, says Ayodhya saw number of annual visitors jumping from 2.35 lakh to over 14 crore since ...

In 2013, the last time that Prayagraj hosted the ... In 1954, during the first Kumbh Mela since India’s independence seven years earlier, hundreds of pilgrims died in a stampede.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that the water quality at Sangam is fit for bathing and ritual drinking, dismissing claims of faecal contamination. He criticized opposition ...