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A stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India killed at ... A Reuters witness saw several dead bodies as he followed dozens of ambulances rushing towards the river bank where ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (Bernama) -- At least 40 people have died and dozens injured in a stampede at a bathing ritual during the Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

"Thirty devotees have unfortunately died," senior police officer Vaibhav Krishna told reporters during an evening news conference at the festival. "Ninety injured were taken to the hospital." ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India – At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were injured early Wednesday after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a huge festival in the Indian city of ...

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PRAYAGRAJ, India — At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were injured early Wednesday after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a huge festival in the Indian city of ...