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 ...

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 ...

Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the six-week Kumbh Mela, the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious ...

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

During the programme, an e-portal of Chief Minister Youth Entrepreneur Development Campaign (CM Youth) was launched and ...

The late release of casualty figures at the gathering of millions of people was seen as shielding the political fortunes of a ...

Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

Hours after a massive rush of Hindu pilgrims set off a stampede at the event in northern India early on Wednesday, Indian ...