Report suggests 79 pilgrims died in Kumbh Mela stampede, far exceeding official toll - Opposition leaders accuse state ...

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 ...

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

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

Several opposition leaders criticized the federal and the state government, both led by Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party, and blamed the stampede on “mismanagement” and “VIP ...

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

STORY: An Indian official says multiple people were killed and several more injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela ...

A deadly stampede at a Hindu festival in India is causing many to wonder how to effectively manage massive events.

Authorities had expected a record 100 million people to visit Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh, or "festival of the Sacred ...