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a mother of 4 crushed before a pilgrimage

India, Feb. 17 -- Almost 37 members of the Giri family in Delhi's Prem Nagar were supposed to travel from Delhi to Prayagraj to attend Kumbh but only six got tickets in "tatkal," and one among those w... Read More


'she was my only daughter'

India, Feb. 17 -- A class 5 student at a Delhi government school, Suruchi was at the railway station with her mother and other relatives, excited to attend the Kumbh Mela. Her father Manoj Sah, a fact... Read More


'my wife lost her parents and our only daughter in a single night'

India, Feb. 17 -- "My wife is shattered. We lost our only daughter, and she also lost both her parents who were visiting us on a holiday," said Manoj Sah, who identified the bodies of his three family... Read More


'he looked, but couldn't find her'

India, Feb. 17 -- Over 20 hours after she boarded a train back to Delhi from Bihar, where she attended a nephew's mundan ceremony, Mamta got off at the NDLS platform to complete chaos. Her husband, Vi... Read More


Warmer than the pre-in armer than the pre-in

India, Feb. 17 -- A nurse at Gensis Hospital in Delhi, Rohilla was killed at the stampede below the staircase on Platform 14 along with her friend Sangeeta Malik. "I wish my mother had never left our ... Read More


'people walked all over us... she died on the spot'

India, Feb. 17 -- A resident of Noida, Asha Devi was going for a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh with her son Anubhav Sahay, 38, when the incident happened. Anubhav said that they were on the staircase to ... Read More


'it took me 30 mins to find my daughter's body

India, Feb. 17 -- Opil Singh, her father, will never forget how his daughter got dragged away in the crowd at the station, and how 30 minutes later, he saw her lying unconscious. "I tried to resuscita... Read More


'he meant the world to me and my wife'

India, Feb. 17 -- At just ll, all that Neeraj wanted to do in Prayagraj was to swim in the Sangam, and so, along with his uncle and aunt, he left for the railway station in Delhi. His parents live in ... Read More


An 11-year-old crushed with her grandparents

India, Feb. 17 -- A few days before the tragedy, Vijay travelled to Delhi with his wife Krishna Devi from Samastipur in Bihar to visit their daughter and her family. It was not always easy for him to ... Read More


Andreessen rings alarm bell on AI challenge to IT

bengaluru, Feb. 17 -- Will artificial intelligence (AI) impact jobs and the powerhouse that is the Indian IT services industry? The debate, which has been around for a while, picked up steam with the ... Read More