Three die in stampede in Bihar

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 15:02

Three persons were killed and 12 others injured, some of them seriously, in a stampede as a crowd jostled to enter into a theatre to watch cultural functions on Makar Shankranti day in Bihar`s Banka district, a senior police officer said.

Three killed in Bihar fair stampede, probe ordered

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 11:06

At least three people were killed and over a dozen injured in a stampede at fair in Bihar`s Banka district, police said Wednesday.

China: 14 killed in stampede during religious gathering

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 05:26

Fourteen people were killed and 10 others injured in a stampede during a religious gathering in northwest China`s Ningxia Hui autonomous region Sunday, authorities said.

MP: BJP retaining power, Raghavji issue, stampede make news

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 12:15

Shivraj Singh Chouhan led BJP to a thumping win in the assembly elections in 2013, which saw several ministers from his previous regime in the news for wrong reasons and a deadly stampede near a temple during Navratri festivities.

CBI begins probe into Ratangarh temple stampede

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 12:56

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started its probe of the October 13 stampede at the Ratangarh Temple in Madhya Pradesh`s Datia District.

MP HC orders CBI probe into Ratangarh Devi temple stampede

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 19:57

The MP High Court`s Gwalior Bench ordered a CBI probe into the Ratangarh Devi temple stampede case, which claimed 115 lives in Datia district, on October 13, during the Navratri festival.

17 killed in Nigerian church stampede: Official

Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 09:39

Seventeen people were killed and dozens of others injured in a stampede following the end of an overnight church vigil in eastern Nigeria, a government spokesman said.

Rahul Gandhi visits Ratangarh temple stampede victims

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 19:49

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met the victims of Ratangarh temple stampede at Datia district hospital on Thursday.

Rahul Gandhi to visit those hospitalised after MP temple stampede

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 23:00

Rahul Gandhi will on Thursday pay a visit to those admitted to hospital after being injured in the Sunday`s stampede at Ratangarh temple.

11 Chinese students injured in stampede

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 16:26

At least 11 students were injured, three of them seriously, at a primary school in east China`s Jiangsu Province as they rushed down a staircase.

MP govt constitutes judicial panel to probe Datia stampede

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 23:34

MP govt announced constitution of a commission to be headed by Justice (retd) Rakesh Saksena of the high court to probe the Ratangarh temple stampede.

NDMA study on guidelines to avoid stampede, human casualties

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:46

A study commissioned by the NDMA on crowd management at places of mass gathering has suggested generic safety, security and fire guidelines to avoid stampede and human casualties.