Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.
People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said.
Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a ...
Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the ...
At least 30 people died and several were injured in a crush at the religious festival in India this week.
It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic at the festival where devotees from across India had congregated to ...
Millions continued to throng the site even as police urged them to avoid the area. Deadly stampedes are relatively common ...
Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious ...
It was a sacred day in the six-week Hindu festival, and authorities expected a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ...
Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the six-week Kumbh Mela, the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious ...
The grand inauguration of Uttar Pradesh Diwas, celebrating the state's remarkable journey and achievements, took place at ...
PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive ...