PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) -Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday as tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath ...

The Yogi Adiyanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has identified and taken action against 14 accounts on social media platform ...

Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police ...

An investigation by BBC News Hindi has uncovered that the death toll from the Kumbh stampede in India's Uttar Pradesh state earlier this year was significantly higher than the official figure provided ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday (Feb 23) that 62 crore devotees have come to the Maha Kumbh so ...

Scott is a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies. Pilgrims taking a holy ...