Sangam area of the Maha Kumbh on Wednesday, as millions of pilgrims jostled for space to take a holy dip on Mauni Amavasya, ...

A video went viral on social media in which a police officer, later identified as Soraon station-in-charge Brijesh Tiwari, is ...

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

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

A police officer was suspended after a video allegedly showed him mixing ash into food intended for devotees at a community ...

More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian ...

Australians are among the hundreds of millions flocking to North India for one of the largest gatherings on earth. What makes ...

With the Nashik Kumbh Mela in 2027 expected to draw lakhs of devotees, multiple challenges lie ahead for the administration.

More than 100 people were killed in a stampede in northern India in July 2024 following a Hindu religious gathering, making ...

Accidents such as the deadly stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival in January 2025 are a notorious feature of Indian religious ...

The remains of two Karnataka devotees who died at Prayagraj Kumbh Mela have been returned to their families. Additional bodies are scheduled to arrive by midnight. The government has covered ...

Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela ...