LUCKNOW, India (AP) — More than 120 people died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India, making it one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. Authorities are investigating what led to the huge stampede, which is believed to have erupted as the event, led by a Hindu guru known locally […]
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At least 100 people killed in stampede at religious event in India
A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India killed at least 100, mainly women and children, and left scores injured, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the toll could rise. People had rushed to leave the makeshift tent following an event with Hindu figure Bhole Baba, local media reported. Video […]
At least 105 people killed in stampede at religious event in India
A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India killed at least 105 and left scores injured, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the toll could rise. People had rushed to leave the makeshift tent following an event with Hindu figure Bhole Baba, local media reported. Video of the aftermath showed […]
At least 60 people killed in stampede at religious event in India
A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India killed at least 60 and left scores injured, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the toll could rise. People had rushed to leave the makeshift tent following an event with Hindu figure Bhole Baba, local media reported. Video of the aftermath showed […]
At least 27 are dead and scores are injured after a stampede at a religious event in northern India
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least 27 people are dead and scores are injured after a stampede at a religious gathering of thousands of people in northern India, officials said Tuesday. More than 150 were admitted to hospitals after the crush in a village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state, medical official Umesh Tripathi […]
Modi, Gandhi Face Off in India Parliament Over Religious Tension
(Bloomberg) — India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of spreading violence and hate in a fiery standoff between the two rivals in the parliament Monday. Most Read from Bloomberg Gandhi, who became the parliament’s first leader of the opposition in a decade after his party almost doubled […]
Missing Kansas mom, 2 young kids coerced into traveling to ‘religious rehabilitation facility’ in Mexico: KBI
Investigators in Kansas have issued an endangered persons advisory for a mother and her two young daughters who they believe were “coerced to travel to Mexico to a religious rehabilitation facility.” In a press release issued by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), officials said the whereabouts of Martha Unger, 23, and her daughters, Madilynn […]
Missing KS mom, daughters possibly ‘coerced’ to Mexican religious facility, official says
A missing Kansas woman and her two daughters may have been “coerced to travel to Mexico to a religious rehabilitation facility,” Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Melissa Underwood said. The KBI issued an endangered persons advisory for 23-year-old Martha Unger and her daughters, 2-year-old Madilynn Grace Unger and 1-year-old Haylie Faith Unger, after they were […]
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US religious freedom report notes violence against Indian minorities
By Kanishka Singh and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department’s 2023 religious freedom report on India noted violent attacks on minority groups, especially Muslims and Christians, including killings, assaults and vandalism of houses of worship. The report on international religious freedom released on Wednesday said that in 2023, senior U.S. officials continued to […]
First fans through Glastonbury gates praise festival as ‘religious’ experience
Revellers among the first to arrive at Glastonbury Festival have praised it as a “community” and a “religious” experience. Organiser Emily Eavis, stood without her father and festival founder Sir Michael Eavis, led those queuing in a countdown before she opened the gates to the Worthy Farm showpiece at 8am on Wednesday morning. Ollie Howarth […]
Oklahoma high court rejects plan for publicly funded religious school
Under Oklahoma law, religious institutions and private sectarian schools are not supposed to participate in the state’s charter school programs. As we discussed last year, however, officials on Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board nevertheless approved the application by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma to establish the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School. As […]