This year’s Mela had shades of India-China bonhomie as Liu Jinsong, Director General of Asia and India’s point man in the Chinese Foreign Ministry took part in the event.

No statistics are available on the infections that spread during this Kumbh Mela except that the public in the city suffered an increase in respiratory infections, given the high pollution levels ...

Kumbh Mela managers have no luxury of ideal data or certain outcomes—yet they have to make real-time decisions with high stakes. No matter whether confronting a sudden crowd crush, fire ...

Nashik: Commissioner of police Sandeep Karnik organised a workshop on disaster management in preparation for Kumbh Mela to be held ... measures needed for better crowd management.

Separated from his wife in the massive crowds of Prayagraj’s Kumbh Mela, 65-year-old Vidyarama Sharma wandered for weeks with no phone or money. A month later, Ghazipur police found him in distress on ...

It’s the combination of Mahakumbh pilgrimages and a recession in the stock market that has significantly affected the travel plans of Amdavadis and Gujaratis this summer. Compared to last year, travel ...

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman faced a torrent of heckles and boos during a town hall in deep red Wyoming as she repeatedly tried to downplay constituents' concerns about the ...

The minister told Lok Sabha in a written reply that to handle the rush of passengers during Maha Kumbh 2025 at Prayagraj ... were developed for train operations and crowd management at stations.

Nashik is set to witness an upgrade with plans for constructing new Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and Highways as the city prepares for hosting the 2027 Nashik Kumbh Mela, officials said on ...

The Sambhal authorities denied permission for the 'Neja Mela', traditionally a Muslim fair held in memory of invader Mahmud Ghaznavi’s nephew and military commander Syed Salar Masud Ghazi ...

An inquiry into the Maha Kumbh stampede (or stampedes ... Inside the House, Rai said the organisation of religious congregations, crowd management, provision of amenities to devotees, prevention of ...

New Delhi: The Union home ministry on Tuesday said that it did not maintain information on stampede deaths and injuries at the Maha Kumbh mela. Junior home minister Nityanand Rai, while responding ...