At least 60 people are feared to have been killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India, officials have said.

More than 150 others were taken to hospitals after the crush in a village in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh.

The stampede took place as attendees rushed to leave the event with a religious leader, local media reported, around 217 miles southwest of the state capital Lucknow.

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