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

The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials ...

Eyewitnesses recounted chaotic scenes with hundreds of people climbing over barricades and falling over one another.

Security personnel stood in the water nearby while thousands of people crowded the banks to watch the Indian prime minister ...

Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official ...

Jaya Bachchan, Samajwadi Party MP, criticised the Kumbh Mela arrangements, alleging water contamination from bodies thrown ...

A stampede at the Maha Kumbh on January 29 resulted in 30 deaths and 60 injuries as millions gathered for Mauni Amavasya. The ...

The Basant Panchami holy bathing ritual assumes significance in the wake of the stampede during the previous Amrit Snan on ...

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...

After a crowd crush killed dozens of people at the world's largest religious gathering, questions have been raised about ...

Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday (Jan 30) for the Maha Kumbh festival, a ...

For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as ...