"We never thought that such an incident would take place," father of a three-year-old boy, who died in the stampede at a religious congregation in Hathras, said on Wednesday.
The victims were part of the crowd of thousands that had gathered near Phulrai village in the Sikandrarau area for the 'satsang' by religious preacher Bhole Baba.
Author of 'Tired But Wired', Dr Nerina Ramlakhan dispels myths about sleep and suggests ways to cope with pressure.
A total 14 ministers, including 3 Rashtriya Janata Dal defectors, were inducted into the 12-day old Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet in Bihar on Monday.
Thirteen people, including four children, were on Friday killed and three others seriously injured when a local train rammed into a jeep at an unmanned railway crossing in Kothipar area in Maharajgunj.
Separate teams led by Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Virendra Singh raided the houses of AEN Ramlakhan in Indore and Chhindwara following complaints of possessing huge property, land plots and hard cash, officials of Special Establishment of Lokayukta said in Indore.
A First Investigation Report was lodged on Wednesday against the Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray at Bahera police station for initiating a case of sedition, on the directions of a local court in Darbhanga.
Claiming that the case was the handiwork of the Maoists, he said it was likely to be cracked soon.
Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad's 'samdhi' Chandrika Roy has been nominated by the Janata Dal- United from his traditional Parsa assembly seat, but name of the former Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey is missing from the list of 115 candidates released by the party on Wednesday.
Parihar carried a reward of Rs 7.25 lakh on his head.
The extremists Thursday suffered a major blow when security forces raided their training camp at Karmadih in Latehar and recovered 10 can bombs and rations that could sustain the ultras for at least one week.
They entered the Bihar poll battle to protect and carry forward their fathers' political legacy, but many of them could not win their own seat though some tasted victory.
Noting that it was his government that had recommended a CBI probe into the actor's death, Kumar said the incident saddened both the state and the country.
Family and politics are often synonymous in India - no matter what party you talk of - and Bihar is no exception.
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