A stampede at a hilltop temple in northern India has killed at least 120 people, police say.
The stampede happened at the Nainadevi temple in the Bilsapur district of Himachal Pradesh state, during a nine-day Hindu religious festival.
Police said the victims included 30 children. Dozens more people were hurt and have been taken to hospital.
The Nainadevi temple is about 160km (100 miles) from the Himalayan hill town of Shimla.
Indian temples are regularly hit by stampedes, as huge crowds of Hindu devotees flock to make offerings at festival times.
There have been at least three fatal stampedes in the country so far during 2008, although the numbers killed were far smaller than in the latest incident. More...
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There are many events happening in India....not to mention the Indo-US Nuclear deal which USA is also part of.
ReplyDeletethose events never made to headlines. then why this event was HEADLINES of mainstream american media?
It is just to undermine Hinduism and show them in bad light....done by mainstream media in conjuction with Christian Lobby
Shut up whiner. Are you from India? Are you Hindu? You should be ashamed of blaming this pathetic behavior on ... nothing really. You instead blame the media for exposing how farking ridiculous your religion makes people act, from murder and terrorism to killing in the name of 'honor' to shit like this. hang your head in SHAME. No other religion is any better really so shut it, accept it.
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ReplyDeleteYes, it's true that many things are happening in India, and this is one of them. It has nothing to do with being anti-Hindu or anything: I simply try to show the world as it is...
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