It is heartbreaking to witness such a calamity during a sacred event that draws millions in devotion,” Cardinal Filipe Neri ...

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

Train and bus stations saw a surge in crowds as people continued to arrive for the festival, although some devotees remained ...

A fire ripped through at least 15 tents at India's mass bathing festival, a day after the tragic stampede at the same event.

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious congregation. People take a series of ritual baths at the confluence ...

Opposition leaders and newspaper editorials have blamed the stampede on mismanagement and called for better crowd planning to prevent such incidents. The festival is taking place ... Around 150,000 ...

Throngs of devotees at the world's biggest religious gathering bathed in Indian rivers on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede ...

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

Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official statement on the death toll but it is expected to rise ...

Authorities have built a sprawling tent city on the riverbanks to ... at least 40 pilgrims who were taking part in the festival were killed in a stampede at a train station in Prayagraj.

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...