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'How was truck allowed in the area': Locals recount horror

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


A crowd management disaster, yet again

India, Oct. 19 -- A mass, public celebration that UNESCO deems intangible cultural heritage for humanity, Kolkata's Durga Puja, quite like the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj, is also an administrative challen... Read More


Starlink and the digital sovereignty question

India, Oct. 19 -- On September 21, 2026, the Delhi High Court ordered SAP India to restore software support to Nayara Energy. The Indian arm of the German software group had cited European Union sanct... Read More


3 arrested FOR ABETMENT after g noida family of 5 found dead

Greater Noida, Oct. 19 -- Police on Sunday arrested three members of a family on charges of abetment to suicide, a day after a man, his wife and their three children were found dead at their home in a... 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


CM announces probe, raft of steps for pandal safety; Oppn hits at govt

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a raft of measures on Sunday to ensure safety of devotees at Durga Puja pandals across the state even as opposition parties ta... Read More


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