Minister Nityanand Rai informed Parliament that there is no central data on casualties during the Maha Kumbh Mela stampede in Prayagraj, as religious congregation management is a state matter.

The home ministry stated it does not maintain data on fatalities and injuries from the stampede at Maha Kumbh mela, as such incidents fall under state jurisdiction. The ministry shared that ...

In his statement lauding the success of the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to pay homage to the Prayagraj stampede victims ...

IMAGE: A man carries his mother as they cross over a barricade, after a deadly stampede before the second 'Amrit Snan', at the 'Maha Kumbh Mela' or the Great Pitcher Festival in Prayagraj ...

On the lines of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Maharashtra, too will have a Kumbh Mela Authority Act for the ... at the Nashik Kumbh, a stampede had claimed 39 lives. Fadnavis is personally monitoring ...

Families of Maha Kumbh stampede victims are left fighting for justice. With missing death certificates and no compensation, their stories reveal a struggle for recognition and closure.

The figure of 30 dead in the stampede on the night of Mauni Amavasya ... No statistics are available on the infections that spread during this Kumbh Mela except that the public in the city ...

The Prime Minister, however, did not make any mention of the deaths due to the stampede in the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj or at the New Delhi Railway Station after that in his statement in the House.

Victims' kin say that instead of Rs 25 lakh, they got just Rs 5 lakh that too in cash and without documentation.

"The government’s response to the Kumbh Mela stampede question is a classic case of evasion. Hiding behind 'Public Order' as a State subject, the union govt claims no data is maintained centrally. But ...

Besides the not-so-hidden unease between Modi and Adityanath, Modi chose to address the Lok Sabha to ensure that he could personally claim all the kudos, observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.