PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...

Reuters and local media reported witnesses seeing several dead bodies near the river bank, and photos ... station in Allahabad as pilgrims gathered for that year’s Kumbh Mela.

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 ...

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, ...

The Ardh Kumbh Mela takes place every six years in Haridwar and Prayagraj. Prayagraj was earlier known as Allahabad. The name was changed by Adityanath’s Hindu nationalist state government in 2018.

Kumbh Mela is a grand Hindu pilgrimage that occurs every 12 years and rotates among four sacred cities in India: Allahabad (Prayagraj), Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik. The festival is deeply rooted in ...

The incident happened at the Kumbh Mela festival when people who were sleeping by the riverbanks in Prayagraj were trampled by others who had taken a dip in the holy waters. Emergency officials ...