Topic: Uttar Pradesh
AFP South Asian Edition | 2010-03-05 15:10:30
Police Friday accused authorities at a Hindu temple in northern India where 63 women and children died in a stampede of flouting safety rules, as they filed a case of criminal negligence. The temple authorities "flouted safety rules and were not equipped to control the crowd," senior police official M.K. Mishra told AFP, saying police had registered a case ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-04 14:10:31
At least 15 people died Thursday in a stampede at a temple in northern India where a crowd had gathered for a religious festival, a local police official told AFP. "There are 15 dead. Thirteen people have been admitted to hospital," said a police control spokesman in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state where the accident happened. About 8 ...
AFP South Asian Edition | 2010-01-16 10:10:20
<div><p>Three people died and 14 were injured when two express trains collided in thick fog in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh Saturday, a senior railway official said.</p><p>The accident happened near Tundla, 25 kilometres (16 miles) from the Taj Mahal town of Agra, when the driver ...
Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-01-05 21:25:43
<div><p>GORAKHPUR, India (Reuters) - As global leaders and top scientists in Copenhagen debate how to deal with climate change, farmers in flood-prone areas of northern India are taking it into their own hands to adapt to shifts in the weather.</p><p>For decades, people of Uttar Pradesh, whose population is ...
