In a significant move, the Maha Kumbh administration has introduced six colour-coded e-passes to regulate vehicle movement ...
The first Maha Kumbh Mela organised by Indian ... to the heavy rush of pilgrims at Allahabad railway station. In another incident, a mere two hours later, a stampede killed over 26 people as ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, who was grilled over the Maha Kumbh tragedy in Parliament, is criticised to this day. PM Narendra Modi also brought it up at a rally in 2019, comparing how BJP and Congress handle th ...
A look at some tragic stampedes that happened during temple festivals in India. Recently, six persons died in a stampeded ...
The Uttar Pradesh government has a tough task of managing the mammoth crowd coming to attend the Maha Kumbh mela and hence, ...
The Kumbh Mela’s timing is determined by astrology, with the dates aligning to moments when celestial bodies like Jupiter, ...
1989: The Kumbh area was expanded to 3,000 acres. More pontoon bridges were built by the Army over the Ganga. The crowd swelled to 1.5 crore and the Kumbh Mela was recorded in the Guinness World Book ...
The sheer scale of the Hindu festival makes it a disaster waiting to happen. From new underwater drones to AI surveillance, ...
The Allahabad High Court has summoned Hathras' district magistrate and SSP to explain the 2024 stampede that killed ... especially the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. The court criticized poor event ...
During the exercise, possible disaster scenarios were considered in various sectors of the Maha Kumbh Mela area, which included drowning in the river, stampede, devotees falling from the pontoon ...