The fire was reported in Sector-22 of the Maha Kumbh district near Chatnag Ghat. The devotees are reported safe and evacuated from the site of the fire.

Authorities worked in close coordination with police forces from these districts to regulate the movement of devotees, particularly around the heavily congested tent city and parking areas within 5 kilometers of the mela zone.

For me, Maha Kumbh 2025 was a blessed and blissful experience. I took the holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday, and here's how it felt. I visited the spot a day after the stampede cost lives of people,

My mother fell and died on the spot. My father then removed her body sometime later and kept it on the side. Once the crowd thinned, it was shifted to an ambulance. After postmortem, it was sent off at 6 pm on Wednesday and arrived in the village around 11 am today,

A stampede broke out at the world's largest religious festival in India early on Wednesday, leaving numerous people injured, including women and children, local media reported. The situation was initially unclear and reports were circulating of multiple fatalities,

A stampede at the Maha Kumbh on January 29 resulted in 30 deaths and 60 injuries as millions gathered for Mauni Amavasya. The Uttar Pradesh government announced ₹25 lakh assistance for victims' families and initiated a judicial inquiry into the incident.