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 ...

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest ...

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

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

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 ...

Videos from the scene showed victims being rushed to ambulances or lying motionless on the ground after a large crowd broke ...

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

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 ...

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip on Wednesday at the world's largest religious ...

In 2013, at least 40 pilgrims who were taking part in the festival were killed in a stampede at a train station in Prayagraj.