Tara Devi was supposed to board train to Prayagraj with husband to attend Maha Kumbh when stampede broke out at NDLS. Her family ran pillar to post in search of 50-yr-old, but in vain.
The public relations campaign for the Maha Kumbh stops at nothing. The message is loud and clear: A ‘dubki’ at Sangam is an absolute must for the faithful. Otherwise…
Sangeeta Malik (34) was headed to Maha Kumbh with friends, while Suruchi (11) and Baby Kumari were travelling to Prayagraj with relatives when they were caught in stampede at NDLS.
Relatives had to fight, argue with security and hospital staff to be near their loved ones, collect bodies. Two-member Railways committee to probe NDLS stampede.
NDLS crush echoes of another stampede from 12 yrs ago at Allahabad (now Prayagraj) railway station, on busiest day of Kumbh. ThePrint looks at similar tragedies from last 2 decades.
At least 18, including 5 minors, lost their lives in NDLS stampede. Eyewitnesses recall seeing people getting crushed under weight of the crowd as panic spread through the platform.
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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