India’s Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh Mela, which has drawn millions of devotees to a confluence of sacred rivers in the northern Uttar Pradesh state, is mired in political controversy after ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

However, alongside this historic milestone, a troubling wave of online vitriol has emerged, targeting Usha Vance’s Hindu faith with racist and xenophobic rhetoric. Public interest in Usha Vance ...

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Beijing on Sunday (January 26, 2025) for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with Chinese officials, in the second such high-profile visit ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) morning launched its historic 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV-F15 with the ...

At least 30 people have died and 60 have been injured in a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India. Images from the scene in the city of Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh state, show bodies being ...

Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population, but at one time it was influenced by Hindu and Buddhist kings. Arab Muslim traders arrived here in the 8th century. But Islam was propagated ...

The event’s main draw is the thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive processions toward the confluence to bathe. Indian authorities took more than 16 hours to release casualty ...

The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million people overall, according to officials, compared with the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia which drew 1.8 million last year. By Tuesday ...

When reflecting on Hindu mythology and Greek legends, you might picture two completely separate worlds, each with its unique gods, heroes, and epic tales. Nevertheless, if you delve deeper ...

Here is a look at the sacred Hindu event which is expected to draw more than 400 million visitors over six weeks, making for the largest gathering of humanity in the world. The Kumbh Mela is held ...

Maha Kumbh: Only Sanatan Dharma followers will have right to contest elections under 'Hindu Rashtra Constitution' The ‘Constitution’ provides for implementation of the ‘Hindu’ judicial system.