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Death toll from stampede at India’s Kumbh Mela festival climbs to at least 30

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his “deepest condolences” to families of victims of a deadly stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival. The death toll rose to at least 30 after the deadly predawn crush of people in northern India on January 29, 2025. Tens of millions of devotees had gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of the six-week Hindu festival.

January 30, 2025