A pre-dawn stampede at the ... Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy men lead ...

Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims who were traveling ... At least 30 people were killed in a stampede at the six-week festival last month after tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take ...

[AF] At least 18 people died during a stampede ... milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees have already visited the festival since it began ...

to clean up 20,000 tonnes of waste left behind by hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees after India's Maha Kumbh Mela mega-festival. The massive sanitation drive has been underway since the six ...

INDIA (AP) — Millions of Indians on Friday celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink, and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and ...