Guwahati: The dwindling Hindu population of Bangladesh celebrated Saraswati Puja peacefully to worship the deity of wisdom, ...

The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for devotees who come by the millions to take a cleansing dip in waters they ...

Authorities have confirmed at least 30 people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering.

"The entire crowd fell on top of me, trampling me as it moved forward," pilgrim Renu Devi, 48, told AFP ... the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day ...

This is not the first time a large religious gathering in the country ... the "festival of festivals" and a major event in the Hindu calendar. The ceremony is centuries old and is based on a ...

Stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj has claimed 30 lives, with 25 victims identified so far. Efforts are underway to as ...

"I was sitting near a barricade, and during the pushing and shoving, the entire crowd fell on top of me, trampling me as it moved forward," Pilgrim Renu Devi ... outside a large tent serving ...

“The crowd came like a tornado,” said Ms Maul Devi ... outside a large tent serving as a purpose-built hospital for the festival near the disaster site. The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest ...

January outlays rose 29% or $143 billion from a year earlier to $642 billion. Excluding the calendar shifts, including the payment of $87 billion worth of February benefits at the end of January ...