A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, taking a holy dip at the Sangam—the ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

The late release of casualty figures at the gathering of millions of people was seen as shielding the political fortunes of a ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as ...

It is heartbreaking to witness such a calamity during a sacred event that draws millions in devotion,” Cardinal Filipe Neri ...

At least 30 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest ...

India’s government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world’s largest religious ...

Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a ...

NEW DELHI — At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede early Wednesday at a Hindu religious festival in northern India, officials said. Videos from the scene of the Maha ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the ...

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi blamed the disaster on ... facilities," university student Ruchi Bharti told AFP not far from the riverbank. "But this stampede proved that was all a lie." More ...