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One-year-old girl stranded after stampede

Sasmita — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:13:28 +0000

Clutching a biscuit in her right hand and with a murmur of ‘mum mum’ on her lips, a toddler anxiously awaits to be in the arms of her parents at Naina Devi Temple in Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh. No one knows yet whether her parents...

140 dead in Himachal temple stampede over rumour

Kamal Kishore — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:57:14 +0000

Over 140 people are dead and 230 injured, mainly women and children in the stampede at the Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur. The stampede was set off by a rumour that there was a landslide on the hill on which the temple is located. People...

Naina Devi stampede: Are the temple authorities responsible?

View Point — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:43:37 +0000

A landslide rumor following a rain shelter collapse led to a deadly stampede in Naina Devi temple, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh killing at least 140 people on Sunday. Around 25,000 devotees gathered to celebrate the annual nine holy days of the...