Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.

Crush happened as pilgrims tried to jump over police barricades to reach Sangam Nose, the point where India's Ganges river ...

At least seven people have died in multiple stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, as millions of Hindu devotees gathered ...

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

Many were feared dead after millions of Hindu pilgrims at a huge Hindu festival in India rushed to bathe in holy river waters ...

A stampede has injured dozens of people as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive ...

It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic at the festival where devotees from across India had congregated to ...

Deadly crowd incidents are frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj.

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

Mauni Amavasya, also known as Maghi Amavasya or Magh Amavasya, is a significant day observed during the Magha month in Hindu ...

Though there was no official confirmation, local media reports suggested at least 17 people had died and more than 50 were injured in the stampede that occurred at Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh ...

Millions continued to throng the site even as police urged them to avoid the area. Deadly stampedes are relatively common ...