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

"Thirty devotees have unfortunately died," senior police officer Vaibhav Krishna told reporters during an evening news ...

The world’s largest religious festival turns tragic as a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela leaves 30 dead and 90 injured in India.

Social media users falsely claim an old video of a crowded alleyway was filmed at the Kumbh Mela in India days after at least ...

At least 30 people were killed and another 60 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival, a six-week Hindu festival and the world’s largest religious gathering. The stampede happened when ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a ...

The late release of casualty figures at the gathering of millions of people was seen as shielding the political fortunes of a ...

Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state where the festival city of Prayagraj is located, said the stampede was set off when some devotees tried to jump barricades put up to manage ...

The Maha Kumbh festival has had stampedes in the past. In 2013, at least 40 pilgrims who were taking part in the festival were killed in a stampede at a train station in Prayagraj. Sports ...

Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, according to officials.

NEW DELHI — At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede early Wednesday at a Hindu religious festival in northern India, officials said. Videos from the scene of the Maha ...