Though there has been no earlier instance of a fatal stampede in Kolkata during Puja celebrations, crowd control has always been a challenge.

The stampede occurred at the Chorebagan Durga Puja pandal on Saturday evening, during Maha Saptami, following a surge in the crowd amid rain.

In UP, 2.05 crore names were struck off following SIR exercise spanning 166 days.

Bagayoko has become a household name in France since students started to blockade their schools roughly a month ago, calling for better conditions.

The development comes days after the Delhi Police on October 12 denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site and identified three alternative venues – Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground and CBD Ground – for protest gatherings in the Capital.

Twelve devotees killed and several injured after an out-of-control paddy truck breaks police barricades and crashes into pilgrims near Gwalior's Sheetla Mata temple.

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Booth-level officers (BLOs) in Delhi are expected to conduct door-to-door visits to identify eligible voters missing from the draft electoral rolls and facilitate their enrolment through Form 6.

Seven days after 10-year-old Manisha Salat allegedly fell into a 40-foot-deep open drain on Ahmedabad-Dholka Road, rescue teams have been unable to trace her.

Nearly 40 people were injured, with four to five of them in serious condition, the SP said.

Tilak Varma has had to adapt to a new role in India’s T20I middle order after losing his No. 3 spot to Ishan Kishan, but the 23-year-old is confident he can switch between roles and deliver for the team.

As women take to the streets, poems on Instagram ask India to see their strength—and give them their due.

Crowd disasters usually do not have a single cause. Several weaknesses — such as excessive density, constricted movement, inadequate information, an unexpected event or poor coordination — combine until one trigger produces a sudden surge.

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Suriya, while speaking at the 47th anniversary celebration of his father's educational trust in Chennai, urged students to not watch too many Instagram Reels.

From organising groundbreaking mass marriages for children of Devadasis to serving on state survey committees, Chandalinga Kalalabandi's fight led to Karnataka's historic 2025 Devadasi Prohibition, Relief, and Rehabilitation Act.

On the latest Bigg Boss 20 Weekend Ka Vaar episode, Salman Khan recalled how his maternal grandfather was so upset about his parents' marriage that he did not speak to Salim Khan for five years.

Fourteen people were initially detained for questioning

“They return every night. Soon after midnight, we can hear loud sounds. My house is just a crow’s flight away. We often watch the activities being carried out. Using drones, we have clicked photos,” says Tikka Yashvir Chand, an activist who has been fighting…

Tikka Yashvir Chand, a resident of Bhallan and an anti-mining activist, alleged that village youths were paid to alert mining operators about the arrival of enforcement teams.