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former cops flag lack of crowd management, space constraint

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- The death of 19 people at the Chor Bagan stampede pointed to a lack of planning and bad space management, several former officers of the Kolkata Police said on Sunday. Speaking on ... Read More


'There was no way out', recall Kolkata survivors

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- Akriti Kumari, 17, was for the first time accompanied by her relatives, some of whom had arrived from Gaya in Bihar, for pandal hopping in Kolkata. A trip to the Chor Bagan pandal,... Read More


Driver using Google Maps, lost control on slope near temple

Bhopal, Oct. 19 -- The driver who mowed down 15 devotees outside the Shitala Mata Temple in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh lost control on a sloping curve 50 metres from the temple while he was na... Read More


Locals first to respond, rush stampede victims to city hospital

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- Sonu Ojha, a resident of Chor Bagan, was chatting with two friends at a tea stall on Amar Basu Sarani, watching the crowd move towards the entrance of a puja pandal. It was drizzli... Read More


Stampede first big test for Suvendu-led govt

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- The Chor Bagan stampede that left at least 19 dead and 25 injured a day earlier might have dealt a blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), although West Bengal chief minister Suv... Read More


Even hours after the accident, no police helped: Victims' kin

Bhopal, Oct. 19 -- Vidyaram Tyagi lost his two sons and younger brother who were standing in the queue at Shitala Mata Temple in Gwalior when a truck rammed into devotees on early Sunday, killing 15 p... Read More


CJI inaugurates Ladakh Bench of HC, announces virtual SC access

Srinagar, Oct. 19 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Sunday inaugurated the newly established Ladakh bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at Melongthang, Leh. In his addr... Read More


Long distance: India's protest sites drift from power centres

New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Vinay Sreenivasa spent three years fighting the restriction of protests in Bengaluru to a single, low-visibility ground: Freedom Park, the site of a former central jail in Gandhi... Read More


India, China: Forces reshaping global economy, world order

New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- China and India represent two of the most important forces reshaping the global economy, but they have arrived at this moment having followed very different paths. China surged a... Read More


Omar raises pelting of stones on J&K-bound bus in Haryana, 2 held

ROHTAK, Oct. 19 -- Two people were detained by the Karnal police after the windows of a Srinagar-bound private sleeper bus were allegedly smashed during a dispute over parking at a roadside-dhaba near... Read More