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15 Reported Dead in Stampede at New Delhi Rail Station

February 15, 2025February 16, 2025Eve SampsonComments Off on 15 Reported Dead in Stampede at New Delhi Rail Station

Crowds had swelled because trains carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been delayed, according to local media.

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The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering

February 2, 2025February 2, 2025Anupreeta Das, Hari Kumar and Atul LokeComments Off on The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

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After Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede, Concerns of Cover-Up

January 30, 2025Hari Kumar and Mujib MashalComments Off on After Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede, Concerns of Cover-Up

The late release of casualty figures at the gathering of millions of people was seen as shielding the political fortunes of a local leader with national aspirations.

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In Photos: The Aftermath of the Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025THE NEW YORK TIMESComments Off on In Photos: The Aftermath of the Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede

Many were feared dead after millions of Hindu pilgrims at a huge Hindu festival in India rushed to bathe in holy river waters.

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Stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival: Many Feared Dead

January 28, 2025January 29, 2025Hari Kumar and Anupreeta DasComments Off on Stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival: Many Feared Dead

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said.

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Former Seoul Police Chief Acquitted in Halloween Crowd Crush Case

October 17, 2024CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Former Seoul Police Chief Acquitted in Halloween Crowd Crush Case

Kim Kwang-ho, the former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was the most senior official to face criminal charges over the 2022 disaster that killed 159 people.

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Congo Releases More Than 700 Inmates After a Deadly Stampede

September 22, 2024ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Congo Releases More Than 700 Inmates After a Deadly Stampede

At least 129 people died when inmates tried to escape from Makala Prison, where conditions are abysmal and overcrowding is a major problem.

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129 Dead in Congo Prison Jailbreak

September 3, 2024September 3, 2024Elian Peltier and Sanjana VargheseComments Off on 129 Dead in Congo Prison Jailbreak

Inmates at the overcrowded Makala prison had sought to escape their suffocating cells after water and power went out. At least 129 were killed, some two dozen of them shot dead, the government said.

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A Family Loses 3 Generations of Women in India Crowd’s Panic

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024Suhasini Raj and Saumya KhandelwalComments Off on A Family Loses 3 Generations of Women in India Crowd’s Panic

They had worked hard for years to make a life: “Now it’s over with the death of my dear daughter, wife and mother — in one single blow.”

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They Came for Spiritual Revival, Only to Be Trapped in a Deadly Stampede

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024SUHASINI RAJComments Off on They Came for Spiritual Revival, Only to Be Trapped in a Deadly Stampede

Family members streamed to hospitals in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to identify loved ones after at least 121 people — nearly all women — died in a stampede at a guru’s gathering.

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