At least 15 people die in crowd crush at New Delhi railway station

<p>Rush broke out as travellers scrambled to board trains in India’s capital to go to world’s largest religious gathering</p><p>At least 15 people have died in a crush at a railway station in India’s capital when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world’s largest religious gathering, officials have said.</p><p>The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has a history of crowd-related disasters – including one last month, when <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/29/india-crowd-crush-kumbh-mela-religious-festival-death-toll-injuries-prayagraj">at least 30 people died in another crush</a> at the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/at-least-15-people-die-in-crowd-crushes-at-new-dehli-railway-station">Continue reading...</a>