Political row over $21 million USAID funding for voter turnout in India sparks controversy between Congress and BJP.

Reverend Toni Kruger-Ayebazibwe, an openly gay Christian cleric, told the BBC that Hendricks was a "gentle spirit" who ...

He rejected the authority of books such as the Puranas and Tantras, believing that the Vedas represented Hinduism in its purest form, free of later interpretations. His primary principles included ...

Reshma is one of 186 Pakistani Hindu refugees who, after years of uncertainty, exercised their voting right for the first time in the Delhi Assembly polls, marking a powerful moment in their ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A tragic stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India has left several people dead and many others ...

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, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

The Delhi Police on Tuesday informed a court that an FIR has been lodged against journalist Rana Ayyub after a lawyer accused her of spreading “anti-India sentiment” and “insulting” Hindu deities on ...

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 ...

Here is a look at the sacred Hindu event which is expected to draw more than 400 million visitors over six weeks, making for the largest gathering of humanity in the world. The Kumbh Mela is held ...

29 as millions gathered to take a holy dip. The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million people overall, according to officials, compared with the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia which ...