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.

Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in a stampede in Prayagraj on Wednesday and wished a swift recovery for those injured in the tragic incident.At ...

Indian authorities took more than 16 hours to release casualty figures, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged the ...

At least 30 people were killed and another 60 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival, a six-week Hindu festival and ...

A stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj claimed the lives of four devotees from Belagavi, Karnataka. A special team is ...

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

Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India’s northern city of Prayagraj for the ...

The event's main draw is the thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive processions toward the confluence to bathe.

Millions continued to throng the site even as police urged them to avoid the area. Deadly stampedes are relatively common ...