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

Indian officials downplayed a deadly stampede at the world's largest religious festival because they wanted to protect the ...

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

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

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

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

Millions of Hindu pilgrims gathered in Prayagraj, India, for the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, but thousands were trampled after crowds surged toward the confluence of two rivers.

It was a sacred day in the six-week Hindu festival, and authorities expected a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ...

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

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

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi blamed ... student Ruchi Bharti told AFP not far from the riverbank. "But this stampede proved that was all a lie." More than 400 people died after they ...