Stampede

Police personnel try to control the crowd as hundreds of devotees jostle for tickets for Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam when a stampede broke out at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple on Tirumala Hills, in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Wednesday, Photo: PTI via Hindustan Times
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6 die in stampede at India’s Tirupati during distribution of tokens to offer prayers

A massive rush of devotees attempting to secure tokens resulted in the stampede

Relatives mourn the death of stampede victims Kamlesh Jatav, 22, and her seven-month-old daughter in Daunkeli village, Hathras district, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, July 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
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India stampede: main organiser of religious event surrenders to police

Chedilal and Rajkumari relatives of a stampede victim Ruby, mourn next to her body, outside a hospital in Hathras district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, July 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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India stampede: Death toll rises to 121; FIR filed against congregation organisers

The incident took place in the Rati Bhanpur village within the Sikandra Rau area of Hathras district. Photo: Hindustan Times
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Hathras stampede: 121 killed at satsang; where is Bhole Baba?

Bhole Baba addressing a gathering. Photo: HT
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Hathras stampede: Bhole Baba an intelligence man to preacher with a cult following

Hindu pilgrims sit on railways tracks as they wait to board their trains at an overcrowded railway station in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2013. Photo: Reuters
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Major stampedes in India over the years

Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari. Photo: Collected/NDTV
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Guru behind 'Satsang' where 116 died claimed he worked for Intelligence Bureau

The incident took place in the Rati Bhanpur village within the Sikandra Rau area of Hathras district. Photo: Hindustan Times
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Hathras stampede: Death toll rises to 116; CM Yogi Adityanath assures action

The stampede was reported in Vasihno Devi on Saturday. Photo: Hindustan Times
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Stampede at Madagascar's national stadium kills 12, injures around 80

A medical team arrives following a stampede prior to a soccer game between C.D. FAS Vs. Alianza F.C. at the Cuzcatlan stadium, in San Salvador, El Salvador May 20, 2023. REUTERS/ Jose Cabezas
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At least 12 dead in stampede at El Salvador soccer stadium

People trapped in the crowd attempt to free themselves during a stampede in Sanaa, Yemen, April 19, 2023, in this still image taken from video. Al Masirah TV/via Reuters TV/Handout via REUTERS
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Yemen stampede during charity distribution kills 85

Photo: Hindustan Times
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Eleven killed in stampede for food aid in southern Pakistan

Five killed in stampedes at flour distribution sites in Pakistan
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Five killed in stampedes at flour distribution sites in Pakistan