Videos from the scene of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Uttar Pradesh state showed victims being rushed to ambulances or lying motionless on the ground. People rummaged through piles of clothes ...

The mela also sees the participation of devotees ... Others who were at the scene of the crush told AFP news agency that they were trampled by huge swells of people coming towards them in the ...

The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday at the Kumbh Mela, the biggest religious gathering in the world. The BBC's Vikas Pandey and Samira Hussain describe what they saw at different ...

A fire broke out in Sector 18 of the Mahakumbh Mela Kshetra in Prayagraj on Friday, prompting a swift response from firefighters. Multiple fire tenders are at the scene, working to extinguish the ...

Pilgrims searched for their family members after a stampede broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj ... the crowd barriers to leave the scene. Emergency medical workers at the ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, which takes place every 12 years ... People’s belongings like clothes, blankets and backpacks were strewn around the scene of the stampede. It was not immediately clear ...