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New Delhi: The MCD launched a drive to demolish a religious structure in northwest Delhi's Rohini area, following which some locals protested, officials said on Thursday.The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out the demolition drive following a court order to take action against the...

Over 2.30 lakh square feet of land has been encroached upon by 30 religious trusts and temples on Belapur Hill, a landslide-prone area in Thane, Navi Mumbai, a reply provided by CIDCO on a Right to Information petition has revealed.BN Kumar, founder of NatConnect Foundation, which filed the...

Ahmedabad, The 147th edition of the annual Rath Yatra or chariot procession of Lord Jagannath will be held in Ahmedabad on July 7 and over 18,000 security personnel will be deployed to guard the religious event that attracts thousands of devotees, officials said Wednesday.Gujarat Chief...

Agra: Two meetings of religious preacher Sakar Vishwa Hari Bhole Baba have been canceled in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district after 121 people were killed in a stampede, officials said on Wednesday.One of these satsang meetings was to be held in Saiya from 4th to 11th July and the other in...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has declared four dry days in the July-September period on religious festivals and Independence Day.In an order issued on Tuesday, the Delhi government's excise department said liquor shops will remain closed on Muharram (July 17), Independence Day (August 15)...

Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday expressed condolences over a stampede at a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh that killed 121 people."President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent a condolence message to President of #India...

Hathras (UP) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced a judicial inquiry into the Hathras stampede as he met those injured in the incident at the religious congregation's headquarters here.Adityanath did not rule out the possibility of a conspiracy in the stampede...

There are three temples and other religious structures in Bhoma village.With the support of all opposition parties in Goa, hundreds of people of Bhoma village in Preol constituency are up in arms against the expansion of the National Highway to save temples and houses.The people of Bhoma are...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday expressed condolences over the stampede at a religious gathering in Uttar Pradesh that left 121 people dead."President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent a condolence message to President of #India Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister of...

Mainpuri (UP): A large number of police personnel have been deployed outside the ashram of a religious preacher, a day after a stampede broke out at his 'satsang' in Hathras district, leaving 121 people dead and 31 injured. Officials gave this information on Wednesday.However, when the...

Hathras (UP), Satyendra Yadav was walking towards his vehicle after the 'satsang' when his wife called: his three-year-old son Chhota had died in the stampede that had broken out moments before.The 29-year-old driver from Delhi came here with his family, including his mother and his two...

Hathras (UP): "We never thought such an incident would take place," the father of a three-year-old boy who died in the stampede at a religious congregation here said on Wednesday.Satyendra Yadav (29) works as a driver in Delhi and arrived here with his family on Tuesday morning to attend a...

Police launched a search operation in Ram Kutir Charitable Trust of Mainpuri district in search of 'Bhole Baba', but he was not found anywhere.Interestingly, the FIR does not mention Bhole Baba, who is referred to as 'Main Sevadar', as an accused, and other organizers of the religious event...

At least 121 people, including women and children, were killed in a stampede at a religious congregation organized by self-proclaimed god Narayan Sakar Hari in Fhulrai village in Hathras district, which was reportedly attended by more than a lakh people, mostly women.The petition seeks...

New Delhi: Railways have made special arrangements for around 3,000 people who are looking to return home after attending a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, where 121 people were killed in a stampede.The Railway Ministry said that keeping in mind the crowd safety, a...

Hathras (UP), The death toll in the stampede at a religious congregation here rose to 121 on Wednesday and the Uttar Pradesh police registered an FIR against the organisers, accusing them of hiding evidence and disobeying conditions with 2.5 lakh people gathered for the event in which only...

Advocate Gaurav Dwivedi has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Allahabad High Court, seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Hathras Stampede incident.The disaster occurred during a religious discourse (Satsang) in Hathras district on Tuesday, causing death...

Hathras (UP), The death toll in a stampede at a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras has risen to 121, a senior official said on Wednesday.According to the Relief Commissioner's Office, the number of people injured in Tuesday's incident is 28.It said that out of the total...

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against the organizers of a religious congregation in Hathras, where 116 people died after a stampede.The names of 'Chief Sevadar' Devprakash Madhukar and other organizers have been included in the First Information Report (FIR)...

In one of the worst tragedies in recent years, 116 people died in a stampede at a religious congregation here on Tuesday as devotees suffocated to death and bodies piled on top of each other.The exact cause of the stampede is still under investigation.Hathras Chief Medical Officer (CMO)...