18 dead in India stampede to catch trains to Hindu mega-festivalbr br At least 18 people died in a stampede at a railway station in India's capital on Saturday as crowds rushed for trains to the Kumbh Mela, a medical official told Agence France-Presse. 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 at least 30 people died in another stampede at the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers.