Day: January 29, 2025

Mahakumbh stampede incident ’extremely sad’, says PM Modi

At least 15 people were feared killed and over 70 injured in a stampede when devotees gathered to take a pre-dawn holy dip to mark the most auspicious day of Mauni Amavasya.

BEIJING (AP) — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people lined up in the hours before midnight at the Wong Tai Sin Taoist temple in Hong Kong in a bid to be among the first to put incense sticks in the stands in front of the te…

What caused the stampede at the Maha Kumbh mela in the early hours of Wednesday? What is the situation now? Here’s what we know, in 10 points.

A woman undergoing treatment for cancer took a dip in the Ganga river, hoping the auspicious occasion of Mauni Amavasya turns the tides for her and helps her battle the disease.

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