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At least 17 people lost their lives and 50 were injured in a stampede during the bathing ritual in the Maha Kumbh Festival on the banks of the Ganges River in the city of Prayagraj in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday at around…

A blast occurred at a munitions factory in the Bhandara district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra for unknown reasons, killing 8 people and injuring 7, according to Transport Minister Nitin Gadkar. Before the death toll was…

A driver who accidentally put his car in reverse gear on the first floor of a multistory parking garage crashed through the building's wall and fell outside in Pune, India. Some social media users criticized the quality of the…

Dozens of passengers jumped off a train near the Paranda Railway Station in the Jalgaon district of the Indian state of Maharashtra out of panic after the train’s emergency brakes were pulled and got rammed by another train coming from the…

A stampede broke out in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, on January 10, when 4,000 people queued up in front of a ticket booth to get free tickets to a 2,000-year-old temple during the Hindu holiday. According to initial reports, 6 people…

An elephant decorated for the Puthiyangadi Festival in Malappuram, Kerala, attacked attendees, leaving 17 injured, including one in critical condition. The elephant, named Pakkathu Sreekuttan, was brought under control after a chaotic…

A HAL Dhruv-type helicopter belonging to the Coast Guard crashed near the runway of the Porbandar Airport during a training flight at 12:10 local time in the Gujarat state of India. The helicopter caught fire after crashing and was…

India successfully launched its first rocket under the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Andhra Pradesh. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) confirmed that the rocket reached an altitude of…