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
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
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi expressed her deep shock and sorrow over the tragic stampede deaths in Haridwar on Tuesday and urged authorities to act immediately to provide relief to the injured. "Sonia Gandhi expressed her deep shock and sorrow on the tragic deaths caused by the stampede in Haridwar. She also conveyed her condolences to the bereaved families and urged the authorities to act immediately in providing relief...
02:57 PM, Nov 08, 2011
Gurgaon: Excited members of American heavy metal band Metallica were looking forward to a "loud and explosive" performance for their Indian fans, just minutes before their gig here Friday was cancelled. The band's members include lead guitarist Kirk Hammett (who joined the band in 1983), bassist Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. They landed here on Friday. "Our music is head banging, loud and explosive that is exactly we...
12:11 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Kochi: Kerala HIgh court on Monday directed the head of the Special Team of forest department, appointed to provide assistance to the devotees at Uppupara in Pulmedu, to give a detailed report by Feb 11 on the Jan 14 stampede that claimed the lives of 102 pilgrims. A division bench comprising justice Thothathil B Radhakrishnan and justice P S Gopinath directed the forest official to produce documents showing the total...
05:52 PM, Jan 24, 2011
New Delhi: The Left Front government in Kerala, headed by VS Achuthanandan, on Friday, filed an affidavit in the High Court on the Sabarimala tragedy that happened last week. In its affidavit, the government said that it will bring into effect a permanent system to ensure the safety of the pilgrims. The Left Front government has also promised to ensure better crowd management practice be put into place. Crime Branch...
12:18 PM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Kerala police on Tuesday submitted its report on what sparked the Sabarimala stampede. According to the investigating officer IGP B Sandhya, an autorickshaw parked on top of the hill toppled, triggering the stampede. There were 11 policemen on the spot, and the report says the police did their best to control the stampede. The High Court had on Monday pulled up the government for the tragedy and...
09:55 PM, Jan 18, 2011
New Delhi: Kerala High Court on Monday came down heavily on Kerala government and its various departments, saying that lack of coordination among them caused the tragic stampede in Idukki district which resulted in the death of over 100 pilgrims and injuries to 50 others. Solutions were offered by a judicial probe in 1999 following a similar stampede. Among the measures was the need to monitor alternate routes to the...
11:16 PM, Jan 17, 2011
Sabarimala spokesperson Rahul Easwar and former UP DGP Vikram Singh on possible reasons for Sabarimala tragedy. ...
10:53 PM, Jan 17, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala High Court on Monday came down heavily on Kerala government its various departments, saying that lack of coordination among them caused the tragic stampede in Idukki district which resulted in the death of over 100 pilgrims and injuries to 50 others. The court ordered for an immediate report on the cause of the stampede, and asked Kerala Police, Travancore Devaswom Board that runs the Sabarimala temple and the...
11:44 AM, Jan 17, 2011
Vandiperiyar (Kerala): Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan on Saturday announced a judicial inquiry into the stampede that claimed 104 lives at Pullumeduner in Vandiperiyar on Friday night. Achuthanandan, who flew down by a helicopter to Kumali where the bodies of the victims were brought, also announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the family of each of the victims. The serious injured will be given Rs 50,000 and those...
04:04 PM, Jan 15, 2011
Vandiperiyar: The spot where the stampede broke out leaving over 100 dead has been a traditional forest trekking path used mostly by devotees from Tamil Nadu to reach the hill shrine of Lord Ayyaappa. The area is known as 'Pulmedu' as it is a large stretch of grassland in Periyar Wildlife Reserve in the Western Ghats. The trekking route is a short-cut for pilgrims from places like Cumbon, Theni and...
12:58 PM, Jan 15, 2011
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