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.

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest ...

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

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 ...

As of January 30, 2025, the ongoing Mahakumbh in Prayagraj has witnessed a record number of 29.64 million devotees taking the ...

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious ...

It was a sacred day in the six-week Hindu festival, and authorities expected a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ...

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

Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, said Wednesday evening that ... the government built a temporary city on the banks of the Ganges, with tents, toilets, streets, pontoon bridges ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive ...