In June, a sudden crowd surge at a Hindu festival in the coastal state of Odisha triggered a stampede that killed at least ...

In January, at least 30 people were killed in an early morning crush at the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu mega-festival in Uttar Pradesh state’s Prayagraj district.

Police officials stand guard near the site of a stampede at the Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar, in northern India's ...

The Uttar Pradesh government says 37 people were killed in the Kumbh Mela crush, but the BBC has verified at least 82 deaths.

Accidents involving large crowds are not uncommon at religious gatherings in India. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The incident occurred around 2am, the area's chief medical officer said, when some people at the temple 'came in contact' ...

At least six people were crushed to death at a popular Hindu temple in northern India’s Uttarakhand state on Sunday, ...

Two deadly back-to-back stampedes in north India at religious events in the past few days in Haridwar and Barabanki pose the troubling question of how prepared India is to manage sudden crowd surges.

The Uttar Pradesh government says 37 people were killed in the Kumbh Mela crush, but the BBC has verified at least 82 deaths.