Kolhapur: At least three people were killed and three others injured during a stampede at a religious procession in Chandgarh in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. The stampede took place on Wednesday during the rath yatra at the Lakshmi Devi temple. The victims came under the rath after its wheel came undone and were crushed to death. The crowd walking behind the rath surged ahead leading to the stampede. The...
02:28 PM, May 23, 2012
Thrissur: A toddler was killed and 25 others injured in a stampede when a tusker ran amok in the festivities at the famous Koodal Manikkam Temple at Irinjalakuda in the district on Sunday morning. Police said two-and-half-year-old Yadu Krishnan was killed when panic stricken people ran for safety on seeing the angry elephant. At least 25 devotees were injured in the melee. All the injured have been admitted to nearby...
08:44 PM, May 13, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Manjula Chellur on Friday gave directions to all the courts in the state for an immediate inquiry into the use of stamp papers, after a massive fraud of fake stamp papers was detected at a lower court here. A media report earlier this week showed the use of fake stamp papers being used by litigators in a few courts here. Following...
02:22 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: Abdul Karim Telgi has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for forgery, counterfeiting and cheating in the multi-crore stamp paper scam by a Mumbai sessions court on Wednesday. Along with him three policemen - KK Parmar, AB Sonwalkar and Ganpat Jadhav - have also been convicted for insubordination, abetting and allowing Telgi to flee. Appearing on video conference from a jail in Bangalore Telgi said, "I have good...
06:37 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Rajkot (Guj): The Gujarat government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the stampede at the Bhavnath Temple's annual Mahashivratri fair in Junagadh, which left six pilgrims dead and over 40 injured. "A high-level committee, headed by Additional Chief Secretary Varun Maria has been set up to probe the stampede incident," a senior officer at the Junagadh District Collector's office said. The state government and the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) have...
12:34 PM, Feb 20, 2012
New Delhi: Six people including two children died in a stampede in the Junagadh district in Gujarat on Sunday night and 20 others were injured. The incident occurred during the Bhavnath Temple fair, which is held annually on the eve of Mahashivratri. Reports say two vehicles had blocked the entrance to the fair where tens of thousands of people had assembled. As the crowd grew, some people began to push,...
07:56 AM, Feb 20, 2012
New Delhi: At least six people were confirmed dead and several others injured in a stampede that took place at a Mahashivratri fair in Junagarh, Gujarat. The annual fair was being held at the Bhavnath temple, on the outskirts of Junagarh city. The incident happened at around 9 pm on Sunday. According to police, the stampede occurred following panic after the brakes of a four-wheeler at the fair venue apparently...
11:02 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday turned down a writ petition filed by Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan challenging an order of Assistant Stamp Commissioner here which held him guilty of evading stamp duty to the tune of about Rs 1.35 crore on a property. Justice Arun Tandon passed the order adding that Bhushan could seek 'statutory remedy' by approaching the Registrar (Stamps) as per the provisions of Stamp...
03:54 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Madrid: Another loss to Barcelona has piled pressure on Jose Mourinho, with support for the Real Madrid coach ebbing after another ill-tempered and ineffective display against their biggest rivals summed up by Pepe's ugly stamp on Lionel Messi's hand. Barcelona rallied for a 2-1 Copa del Rey victory on Wednesday for their 10th victory in 13 games, and sixth win against Madrid since the Portuguese coach took over in 2010....
11:33 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Ratlam: At least 10 people were killed when a stampede broke out in Hussain Tekri near Jaora town in the district on the occasion of Chellum, a Muslim religious observation that comes after Moharram. The stampede broke out when a huge crowd gathered at Hussain Tekri's main entry to take part in Chehllum were pushed backward by the police to regulate their entry after midnight. "Six women and four men...
10:13 AM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: At least three young girls were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede after a concert by singer Atif Aslam at an arts complex in this eastern Pakistani city on Monday, officials said. A large number of students of the Punjab College of Commerce had come to witness the concert at Alhamra Cultural Complex. The stampede occurred when private security guards used batons to push back a...
08:15 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Jakarta: Police say a senior executive of Canada's Research In Motion is a suspect in last month's stampede at a BlackBerry promotion in Indonesia. Police spokesman Col. Baharudin Djafar said Monday that several people fainted and dozens were injured at the global debut of the BlackBerry Bold 9790. The $540 phones - commonly known as Bellagios - were being sold at half price to the first 1,000 shoppers. Djafar said...
10:57 AM, Dec 05, 2011
London: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have launched a new stamp range featuring the likes of the 20 most famous vegetarians of all-time, including veteran singer Sir Paul McCartney. McCartney along with Natalie Portman, Pamela Anderson and Morrissey have agreed to feature on the stamp which will be released in the US Tuesday. "These are very influential people, and not everyone knows that these folks are vegetarian,"...
12:19 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Haridwar: With the recovery of four more bodies, the death toll in the stampede during a religious ceremony near Har-ki-Pauri ghat on Wednesday climbed to 20. In a related development, the authorities of Shantikunj Ashram where the ceremony was taking place ended the birth centenary celebrations of their founder Acharya Shreeram Sharma in compliance with a state government directive. SDM Haridwar Harbir Singh said a total of 20 bodies have...
03:14 PM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: Sixteen devotees on Tuesday died in the holy town of Haridwar in a stampede that took place after a wooden gate at the entry to an Ashram collapsed. As many as 14 women lost their lives in the stampede during a ceremony attended by over five lakh people. The accident took place when the pilgrims tried to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Shanti Kunj Ashram to take...
08:29 PM, Nov 08, 2011
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