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New Delhi: A stampede occurred at New Delhi Railway Station, resulting in the loss of 15 lives on Saturday. The incident happened around 10 pm when thousands of devotees were heading to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh 2025 festival, causing severe overcrowding at the station. An eyewitness, an Indian Air Force (IAF) sergeant on Sunday…
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Mahakumbh Nagar: The digital lost-and-found centres set up in the Maha Kumbh Mela here have helped reunite over 20,000 missing people with their loved ones, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Saturday. According to it, the digital lost-and-found centres, equipped with advanced AI-based facial recognition technology, machine learning and multilingual support, reunited 8,725 devotees with…
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New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has urged the Uttar Pradesh government to extend the duration of the Maha Kumbh, citing the overwhelming number of devotees on the roads still hoping to attend. Mr Yadav claimed that in previous years, the Maha Kumbh and Kumbh Mela lasted for 75 days, whereas the current…
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CLAIM: Video shows Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand reprimanding CM Yogi Adityanath for Maha Kumbh stampede. FACT CHECK: The video is part of an interview Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand gave to a Gujarati news channel where he criticised the Kumbh mismanagement and questioned Uttar Pradesh government’s efficiency. A video of Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth in Uttarakhand, has surfaced with…
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Officials said that decision was taken expecting rush for the Kumbh Mela during the weekend. (File) New Delhi: The Northern Railways will run Vande Bharat Special train no 02252/02251 on February 15, 16 and 17 between New Delhi and Varanasi (via Prayagraj) for the convenience of devotees intending to visit the Maha Kumbh Mela. The…
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Mahakumbh Nagar: Over 50 crore devotees have taken a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam till Friday evening during the ongoing Maha Kumbh, the Uttar Pradesh government said. The participation marks the largest congregation in human history for any religious, cultural, or social event, the state government, which is hosting the mega fair in Prayagraj,…
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Prayagraj: Amid heightened security measures, more than two crore devotees took a dip in the Sangam till 6 pm on Wednesday on the occasion of Maghi Purnima during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela here. According to an official statement, special arrangements have been made for the sacred bath that began early Wednesday. Chief Minister Yogi…
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised concerns over the stampede in Maha Kumbh, alleging that the authorities in Uttar Pradesh are “not releasing the correct toll”. Addressing a press conference after the state budget presentation in the West Bengal assembly, Banerjee expressed her frustration over the alleged non-release of the state’s…
Jabalpur: Seven Andhra Pradesh pilgrims returning from Maha Kumbh died and two other sustained injuries after a mini-bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district on Tuesday, a police official said. The accident occurred on a 4-lane highway near a Canal area of Mohla Bargi village under Sihora…
New Delhi: The authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj overseeing the arrangements at the Maha Kumbh expect at least three crore people to take the holy dip on the auspicious Basant Panchami on Monday. To ensure enough personnel are available to manage the crowd – days after 30 people were killed and 60 were injured in…
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