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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A tragic stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India has left several people dead and many others ...

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 ...

The Delhi Police on Tuesday informed a court that an FIR has been lodged against journalist Rana Ayyub after a lawyer accused her of spreading “anti-India sentiment” and “insulting” Hindu deities on ...

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 ...

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 ...

29 as millions gathered to take a holy dip. The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million people overall, according to officials, compared with the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia which ...

A Delhi Court has ordered registration of FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub after a lawyer filed a complaint accusing her of insulting Hindu deities and spreading anti-India sentiment through her ...

Maghi Ganesh Jayanti, or Magh Vinayak Chaturthi, is celebrated annually on the Chaturthi Tithi of the Shukla Paksha in the Hindu month of Magh. In 2025, the festival falls on February 1 and honors ...

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 ...