Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a day after a stampede

The late release of casualty figures at the gathering of millions of people was seen as shielding the political fortunes of a local leader with national aspirations.

A stampede in India’s Uttar Pradesh state that killed at least 30 people is “very, very tragic,” says Cardinal Oswald Gracias.

Videos from the scene showed victims being rushed to ambulances or lying motionless on the ground after a large crowd broke through police barricades.

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, a doctor at a government hospital said, as tens of thousands of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred river waters during the Hindu event.

Police in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state dismissed rumours shared thousands of times on social media that they had arrested a Muslim man who dressed as a Hindu monk in an apparent bid to attack the Hindu mega-festival Kumbh Mela.

India celebrated Republic Day with a parade featuring tableaux from states and military contingents. Uttar Pradesh’s Mahakumbh tableau won first place, followed by Tripura and Andhra Pradesh. Jammu and Kashmir Rifles were recognized as the best marching contingent among services.

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.

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Kuldeep Yadav has been named in Uttar Pradesh's final group stage match in the Ranji Trophy against Madhya Pradesh.

A lawmaker from India's opposition Congress party was arrested on Thursday on charges of rape and assault, news agency ANI reported.

A research scholar from IIT Kanpur claimed that the manager was in a relationship with her for the past one year and had promised to marry her. However, recently, when she pressurised the manager for marriage,