A meeting was held just days before the annual festival, where Shree Lairai Temple was asked to make arrangements. However, the temple committee says they didn't have enough time to do so.
Six people lost their lives and over 50 suffered injuries Saturday following a stampede during the annual Lairai Devi festival at the temple in Shrigaon.
India's record on stampedes is bleak. Even with repeated occurrences and deaths, there has been no significant shift in the public administration’s approach to crowd control.
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.
Victims were rushed to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital, where medical teams provided emergency care. Heavy police deployment was ordered at the hospital.
Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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