On Saturday, there was a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station that claimed the lives of 18 people. The tragedy occurred at 10 p.m., as lakhs of devotees were heading to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh 2025 festival, causing significant overcrowding at the station.
The tragedy occurred at 10 p.m. on Saturday as lakhs of devotees were heading to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh 2025 festival, causing significant overcrowding at the station.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday expressed grief over the demise of people in an "unfortunate incident" at New Delhi Railway Station, where 18 people, including three children, lost their lives in a stampede caused due to severe overcrowding. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 l
To overcrowding in Prayagraj, Raebareli Police Department has set up checkpoints to temporarily hold vehicles, including buses, carrying devotees to the Maha Kumbh Mela, police said on Wednesday.
Tirupati East Police have filed two FIRs after multiple devotees, including R. Malliga from Tamil Nadu, died during a rush for darshan tokens on Vaikunta Ekadasi. Overcrowding and health complications are suspected causes. Investigations are underway.
BR Naidu said, "The reason (for the stampede) is overcrowding...it is an unfortunate incident...tomorrow CM will tell everything, today the complete report will come. A total of 6 people have died, some are from Tamil Nadu and some are from Andhra Pradesh. As of now, one body has been ide
A commander vehicle carrying 14 passengers met with a horrific accident after losing control due to overcrowding in the Dahram Para tea area of Kanchanpur sub-division, North Tripura on Friday morning.
At least 32 people have died in two separate crowd crush incidents at charity events in Nigeria, one in Anambra state and the other in Abuja. The events, which aimed to distribute aid to vulnerable populations, were marred by overcrowding as large crowds surged for food and relief materials,
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CN Ashwath Narayan on Friday criticised the Congress government in Karnataka saying the overcrowding and inefficient services led to collapse of the public transport system in the state.
BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan hit out at Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government over death of 5 people due to overcrowding during air show by the Indian Air Force (IAF) at the Marina Beach in Chennai and said that the state government was incapable and unprepared to deal with this
Taking to its social media handle on X, the NCW posted, "The preliminary inquiry has uncovered numerous administrative lapses, including inadequate medical care, poor hygiene and sanitation, overcrowding, a lack of safe drinking water, contaminated food, and a lack of staff training."
"The number of devotees on Char Dham Yatra has doubled in comparison to previous years. We are trying to make all arrangements so that devotees don't face any difficulties during the Yatra," said Dhami while talking to ANI.