Indian officials downplayed a deadly stampede at the world's largest religious festival because they wanted to protect the ...

A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...

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

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

The NDMA, the apex body on formulating disaster mitigation policies in the country, had in 2014 published a report on crowd management at big events and prevention of stampedes. Here are its key ...

A stampede at the Maha Kumbh congregation in the Sangam area in Prayagraj early Wednesday resulted in the deaths of 30 people ...

A tragic stampede occurred at the Maha Kumbh Mela in India, claiming nearly 40 lives. The incident took place as millions ...

Hundreds died in a stampede at the first Kumbh Mela in independent India in Allahabad in 1954 – a disaster caused by ...

The deadly stampede at the Mahakumbh Mela 2025 highlights the ongoing challenges of crowd management during large religious ...

A stampede at India's Kumbh Mela festival, the world's largest religious gathering, has left several feared dead and many injured. Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees bathe in the sacred river ...

Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday slammed the BJP-led Central and Uttar Pradesh governments for the tragic ...

More than 100 people were killed in a stampede in northern India in July 2024 following a Hindu religious gathering, making it one of the deadliest such accidents in years. Thousands had gathered ...