The government has directed the Hooghly district administration to take all necessary measures for the shahi snan (royal bath) at Triveni Sangam on 12 January. In the backdrop of a stampede-like ...

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in a statement that he was "deeply saddened by the tragic stampede" at Lairai Devi temple in the village of Shirgao in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Goa government on Saturday announced that all functions supported by it stand cancelled for the next three days in the wake of a stampede during a temple festival that killed six devotees and ...

A religious celebration turned into tragedy in Goa’s Shirgao village early Saturday, when a stampede at the revered Sree Lairai Devi temple left at least seven devotees dead and more than 80 ...

Panaji (Goa) [India], May 3 (ANI): The Goa government on Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the tragic stampede during the annual Lairai Devi festival at the Shirgaon temple in Goa ...

Panaji (Goa) [India], May 3 (ANI): Lairai Devi temple President, advocate Dinanath Gaonkar, on Saturday, stated that the stampede during the Zatra in Shrigao was triggered when a devotee ...

Goa’s chief minister Pramod Sawant said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened by the tragic stampede” at Lairai Devi temple in the village of Shirgao in the early hours of Saturday ...

NEW DELHI — At least six people are dead and dozens injured after a stampede at a religious gathering in the western Indian state of Goa early Saturday, the Press Trust of India news agency ...

The stampede occurred in Goa during the annual Shri Lairai Zatra festival, which is popular for its special events, including fire-walking. At least six people were killed and over 50 others were ...

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