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Exit polls show Modi's Hindu nationalist party sweeping Delhi election

Most exit polls predict a landslide victory for the BJP in Delhi – though such exercises have a patchy record in India

The Independent UK

India's Modi Takes Ritual Dip At Hindu Mega-festival

India's Modi Takes Ritual Dip At Hindu Mega-festival

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip on Wednesday at the world's largest religious festival, a week after a stampede killed at least 30 pilgrims.

International Business Times

AP PHOTOS: Hundreds join an order of naked, armed holy men at Hindu festival

AP PHOTOS: Hundreds join an order of naked, armed holy men at Hindu festival

Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and armed Hindu holy men. The Naga Sadhus are the highlight of the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering now underway in northern India.

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Narendra Modi's appeal faces test as Delhi votes in state election

More than 15 million people are registered to vote at over 13,000 polling booths in the capital on Wednesday

The Independent UK

VHP demands Jaya Bachchan's ARREST over 'dead bodies in Ganga' remark; Arun Govil challenges her to provide proof

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has called for the arrest of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan following her controversial remarks about the alleged disposal of the dead bodies of the stampede victims in the Ganga.

The Times of India

Do you know what is Akhadas, click here for all details

In India around 13 major recognized akhadas, with the most prominent being the Juna Akhara, Niranjani Akhara, and Mahanirvani Akhara, all playing significant roles in the Kumbh Mela festival. A must read the full story in Dynamite News:

Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl. Others surround him, with some holding the saffron flag of Hinduism, all repeating a centuries-old ritual that Hindus believe cleanses them of their sins…

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Zakia Jafri: Human rights activist and Gujarat riots widow dies aged 86

Zakia Jafri: Human rights activist and Gujarat riots widow dies aged 86

Human rights campaigner Zakia Jafri spent 20 years trying to hold political figures, including Narendra Modi, accountable for 2002 massacre

The Independent UK

Lessons from Bihar, India's booze ban

Lessons from Bihar, India's booze ban

Banning booze in Bihar has empowered gangs and illicit markets in an echo of the 1920s. Here's what went wrong

HC issues notice as Mahesh Langa claims he was booked in ‘speculative case’

HC issues notice as Mahesh Langa claims he was booked in ‘speculative case’

The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa has told the Gujarat High Court that the case filed against him by the Gandhinagar Police over obtaining “highly confidential government documents” through an alleged criminal conspiracy was “speculative in every sense”, LiveLaw reported.

Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival

Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias

The Independent UK

How excitement of Hindu pilgrims turned to death and chaos at Maha Kumbh Mela

How excitement of Hindu pilgrims turned to death and chaos at Maha Kumbh Mela

SPECIAL REPORT: For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as millions descended on this northeast Indian tent city, was it a disaster waiting to happen? Namita Singh reports from Prayagraj

The Independent UK

Tragedy Strikes Maha Kumbh Festival In Northern India

Tragedy Strikes Maha Kumbh Festival In Northern India

Tragic stampede at Maha Kumbh festival in India leaves 30 dead and 60 injured, investigation underway. Hindus gather for sacred bathing ritual amidst mourning.

Unfazed Devotees Shrug Off Stampede At India Mega-festival

Unfazed Devotees Shrug Off Stampede At India Mega-festival

Swarming throngs of devotees bathed in rivers at the world's biggest religious gathering in India on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede a day earlier that killed at least 30 people.

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Kumbh Mela: what is the Hindu ‘festival of festivals’?

World’s largest religious gathering, held in India, has become scene of crowd crush as estimated 100m people travelled to take holy dip

Multiple Fatalities In Crowd Crush At Hindu Festival In India

Tragic crowd crush at Maha Kumbh Mela festival in India underscores safety concerns at religious gatherings.

The Independent UK

India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, by the numbers

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious congregation

The Independent UK

Kumbh Mela crowd crush: Scattered belongings line floor after fatal stampede in India

Belongings of Hindu devotees were left strewn on the ground after at least seven people died in multiple stampedes at India's Kumbh Mela festival.

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Crowd Chaos And Confusion At Site Of India Festival Stampede

Journeying across India for the pinnacle celebration of the Hindu calendar, Laxmi and her family were sleeping by the roadside Wednesday as they waited to cleanse themselves in the sacred Ganges river.

Evening Standard

Maha Kumbh: At least 15 feared dead in stampede during huge Hindu festival in India

Crush happened as pilgrims tried to jump over police barricades to reach Sangam Nose, the point where India's Ganges river meets Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers

The Independent UK

In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus?

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims expected to take part

At least 30 killed in crush at India’s Mahakumbh Mela religious festival

The crowd crush occurred at the world’s largest religious event for Hindus, attended by hundreds of millions of people.

The Independent UK

Kumbh Mela stampede: A look back at deadly crowd disasters in India

Several people are feared dead and many more injured at the massive Kumbh Mela festival in India

The Times of India

Mauni Amavasya 2025: Date, timing, rituals, significance and why it is very special this year

Mauni Amavasya, also known as Maghi Amavasya, is a very significant day in the Hindu calendar. It is observed on the new moon day of the Magha month, which falls either in January or February. The word "Mauni" comes from "Mouna," which means silence, and "Amavasya" means new moon. "Together,…

Multiple Feared Dead In Crowd Crush At Indian Religious Festival

Tragedy strikes at the Maha Kumbh Mela in India as a crowd crush leads to multiple feared deaths during the Hindu festival. Efforts to enhance safety measu...

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