The gap between the arrangements for VIPs and ordinary devotees came up repeatedly in conversations on Thursday with the ...

A 78-year-old woman from Salboni in West Midnapore, who had gone to take a holy dip at the Sangam riverfront during the ...

By Jose Kavi The Catholic bishops of India on January 30 offered prayers and Mass for the victims of a stampede at Maha Kumbh ...

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...

A PIL was filed on Thursday in the Supreme Court seeking implementation of specific guidelines and regulations to ensure safety of devotees attending the Maha Kumbh where at least 30 people were ...

Hundreds died in a stampede at the first Kumbh Mela in independent India in Allahabad in 1954 – a disaster caused by ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) -Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha ...

The three-member judicial probe team will be headed by retired Justice of Allahabad High Court Harsh Kumar. The other two ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

At least 30 people were killed and 60 others injured in a stampede that broke out at the Mahakumbh Mela in the early hours of ...