The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath ...

A Kumbh Mela ministerial committee and a summit committee have been formed for the upcoming Simhastha Kumbh Mela. Chief ...

Mumbai: The state government has decided to take control of the famous Shaneshwara temple at Shani Shingnapur, mired in ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims and tourists to India. The 45-day festival, which began Jan. 13, is the largest gathering of humanity in the ...

Revanth Reddy sought central funds for the ‘Medaram Maha Jatara’ set to be held in January. Earlier, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu had asked for funds for the ‘Godavari Maha Pushkaralu’, which ...

Nashik: Industrialists from Nashik on Sunday urged the Kumbh Mela and Water Resources Department (WRD) minister, Girish ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 million, ...

Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy calls for central funds and National Festival Status for Medaram Maha Jatara. Criticizing lack ...

One organizer said they expected one million pilgrims to attend on Thursday. LONDON -- Hindu pilgrims in India have begun gathering along the Ganges River on the first day of Kumbh Mela,despite ...

On our first day at the Kumbh Mela, there was a fire and shook our confidence. 'There must have been a few crore people there ...

What’s billed as the largest single gathering of humanity is taking place right now in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. At the confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and (mythical) Saraswati Rivers, ...