A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...
A deadly stampede at a Hindu festival in India is causing many to wonder how to effectively manage massive events.
Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after ...
Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers.
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that ...
Authorities had expected a record 100 million people to visit Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh, or "festival of the Sacred ...
A reporter’s trip to the world’s largest holy festival was interrupted by a deadly stampede. His account reveals both the ...
In the wake of the Maha Kumbh stampede tragedy in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, the state government introduced strict ...