At least 15 people, mostly women and children, died and 15 were injured in a stampede at New Delhi's main railway station, ...

A leading scholar in Indian art history, Vidya Dehejia used evocative storytelling to delve into the rich legacy of Chola ...

Dayanand Saraswati was devout Shiva worshipper, but a temple incident led him to reject idol worship early on, and go on a mission to transform Hinduism, ultimate founding the Arya Samaj and bringing ...

Johannesburg celebrated the inauguration of the largest Hindu temple and cultural complex in the Southern Hemisphere, built by BAPS. Mahant Swami Maharaj presided over the event. The temple will ...

In this, however, the budget for India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) deserves closer scrutiny. Last year, the MEA budget saw a rare 23% spike, up from the modest 4% annual increase ...

The event’s main draw is the thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive processions toward the confluence to bathe. Indian authorities took more than 16 hours to release casualty ...

At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a crush at a huge religious festival in northern India's Uttar Pradesh ... biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar.

A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 15 people in India Wednesday ... is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar.

India, and Anupreeta Das from New Delhi. At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were injured early Wednesday after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a huge festival in the ...

At least 30 people have died and 60 have been injured in a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India. Images from the scene in the city of Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh state, show bodies being ...

off India's southeastern coast. The first orbital liftoff from the site occurred in August 1979, according to The Hindu. The three-stage, 167-foot-tall (50.9 meters) GSLV succeeded in its mission ...

Stampede at Maha Kumbh festival A stampede occurred at the Maha Kumbh mela in India on Jan. 29 as millions gathered to take a holy dip. The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million ...