February 19 is celebrated as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti and it is one of the most important festivals in Maharashtra.

The Congress leader alleged that between the Lok Sabha elections, where the INDIA bloc performed strongly, and the Maharashtra Assembly polls, a significant increase was recorded in the state’s ...

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

Prayagraj (India) (AFP) – Hindu pilgrim Parvati Gupta braved jostling crowds to be at the world's largest religious festival in India but will leave with injuries that will keep her bedridden ...

Security personnel try to control the pilgrims near the site of a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on Wednesday. (Niharika Kulkarni/AFP/Getty Images) People's belongings ...

Hindu pilgrim Parvati Gupta braved jostling crowds to be at the world's largest religious festival in India but will leave with injuries that will keep her bedridden for months. The 45-year-old ...

At least 30 people have died and another 60 have been injured by a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India. The crush happened between 1 am and 2 am local time on ...

Dozens of people were killed in a predawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday ... most auspicious day of a six-week Hindu festival. State authorities said at least ...

Dozens of people have been killed and many others were injured in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious festival in northern India, police said. “Thirty devotees have unfortunately ...

At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a crush at a huge religious festival in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday, local police said. The stampede appears to have ...

AT least 30 people have been killed in a major crowd stampede at a festival in India. Dozens more were injured when a stampede erupted as thousands surged towards a river at the Kumbh Mela.