Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious ... The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of ...

as an investigation into the organizers was launched and the Hindu guru who hosted the event disappeared. The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a judicial probe into the stampede, and the state ...

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

A deadly stampede at a Hindu festival in India is causing many to wonder how to effectively manage massive events. Since January 13, millions of pilgrims have gathered at a Hindu festival called ...

At least 30 people were killed and another 60 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival, a six-week Hindu festival and the world’s largest religious gathering. The stampede happened when ...

He said authorities were investigating. NEW DELHI -- At least 89 people died Sunday in a stampede near a Hindu temple in central India when people panicked on a crowded bridge. Oct. 13 ...

MUMBAI, India — At least 121 people died in a stampede at a congregation of a Hindu religious preacher in the northern India town of Hathras on Tuesday, according to the Office of the Relief ...

Tens of thousands of devotees from Goa and neighboring states of Maharashtra and Karnataka attended the annual Hindu festival at Sree Lairai Devi temple. The stampede was caused as people standing ...

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