“Organisers Tried To Cover Up Incident”: Yogi Adityanath On Hathras Stampede

121 people, including women and children, died at the stampede in UP’s Hathras. New Delhi: The organisers of a ‘prayer meet’ – held by godman Bhole Baba in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, which ended in a stampede that killed over a hundred – “tried to cover up the incident”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said after visiting … Read more

No Emergency Exits, Lack Of Cops: Focus On Lapses After Hathras Stampede

Over two lakh people attended Bhole Baba’s ‘satsang’, or ‘prayer meet’. New Delhi: Tough questions are being asked after 121 people were killed during a stampede at a ‘religious’ event in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras Tuesday evening, including which government body or official permitted such a large rally and why there were no crowd-control or safety … Read more

In Middle Of Lok Sabha Speech, PM Mourns Hathras Dead, Shouting MPs Silenced

PM Modi was speaking in the Lok Sabha when the Hathras tragedy happened (File). New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi – in the middle of a fierce attack on the Congress and the opposition in Parliament this evening – broke off to inform the House of a tragedy in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras. Dozens, including women … Read more