Three people have been killed and more than a dozen hospitalized following a sudden crowd surge at a popular Hindu festival in eastern India’s coastal town of Puri.

There was a sudden crowd surge … during which a few people either fainted, felt suffocated or complained of breathlessness,” ...

Earlier on Sunday, Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi apologised and sought forgiveness from devotees, following a stampede during the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri, in which at least three people died and ...

According to Puri’s CDMO, all the people who got injured during the stampede were discharged from a government health ...

The Odisha Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) confirmed on Sunday that the District Collector and Superintendent of Police (SP) have been relieved of their responsibilities with immediate effect.