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

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

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

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip on Wednesday 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 ...

Dozens of people have been injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival, local media report. 24/7 coverage of ...

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 ...

Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers.

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