The Uttar Pradesh police said they were looking for the Hindu preacher, Suraj Pal, known by his followers as "Bhole Baba," who hosted the gathering. It was widely reported that the preacher went into ...

New Delhi — At least 121 people were killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in central India's Uttar Pradesh state on Tuesday, police said, as an investigation into the organizers was launched ...

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John Singarayar argues that religious spectacle is used to deflect from India's governance failures, citing the Indore water tragedy, Delhi pollution, and attacks on minorities.

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few safety measures. LUCKNOW, ...

India has rejected an annual report released by a US panel on religious freedom as “biased and politically motivated” after it highlighted the “deteriorating” treatment of religious minorities in the ...

LUCKNOW, India — Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than 100 and left scores injured, officials ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least 60 people were dead and scores were injured after a stampede at a religious gathering of thousands of people in northern India, officials said Tuesday. More than 150 ...

An injured arrives in an ambulance at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district about 350 kilometers (217 miles) southwest of Lucknow, India, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Thousands of people at a ...

"The incident happened due to overcrowding at the time when people were trying to leave the venue," Hathras district administrator Ashish Kumar said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

At least 60people have died and scores more are injured after a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India. The disaster occurred in a village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state ...

A recent incident where a trainee nun has been accused of killing her newborn has not only shaken the Catholic Church in India but highlighted an "urgent need" to revise the way religious are formed, ...