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 took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as ...

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

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

Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday as tens of millions ...

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

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 ...