Millions of devotees have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, as the Mahakumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, officially begins. The six-week-long festival ...

Hindu devotees gather ahead of the second sacred bathing ritual, or 'Shahi Snan', during the Kumbh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Prayagraj ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. As many as 400 million people could attend the six-week festival in the northern Indian city of ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least 60 people were dead and scores were injured after a stampede at a religious gathering of thousands of people in northern India, officials said Tuesday. More than 150 ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few safety measures. LUCKNOW, ...

LUCKNOW, India — Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than 100 and left scores injured, officials ...

At least 30 people were killed and another 60 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival, a six-week Hindu festival and the world’s largest religious gathering. The stampede happened when ...

At least 60people have died and scores more are injured after a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India. The disaster occurred in a village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state ...

Kumbh Mela stampede latest: At least 30 dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official statement on the death toll but it is expected ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India has killed at least 105 and left scores injured, officials said Tuesday, with many women and ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — More than 120 people died Tuesday in a stampede after a large religious gathering in northern India, one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. Authorities are ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, according to ...