NEW DELHI, Feb. 24 -- At least 18 people were dead, and another 15 were injured in a stampede at New Delhi railway station on Saturday night as pilgrims waited to board trains to the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025. "18 people, including 14 women, lost their lives in the stampede that occurred yesterday around 10 pm at New Delhi Railway station on Saturday, February 15, a railway official reported. The Hindu reported on February 16 that the stampede was preceded by a swell in the crowd of passengers waiting to board trains for Prayagraj - where the Maha Kumbh is underway - on platforms 12 and 14 of the station.

The NDTV reported on February 16 that the incident took place on foot-overbridges connecting platforms 14 and 15 when some passengers slipp...