Stampede kills 15 people at New Delhi train station, Indian official says

Associated Press 02/16/2025

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 15 people were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi, an official said Sunday. Delhi’s caretaker chief minister Atishi, who uses only one name,…

PH-India direct flights seen to take off this 2025

Joyce Ann L. Rocamora 01/31/2025

MANILA – The much-anticipated direct flights between India and the Philippines are expected to start this year. At the Indian Republic Day reception in Taguig City Monday, Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shri Harsh Kumar Jain hinted that…

India opens Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims

Agence France Presse 01/14/2025

PRAYAGRAJ, India—Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India bathed in sacred waters as the Kumbh Mela festival opened on Monday. Organisers expect 400 million people to assemble over six weeks, the world’s largest gathering of humanity. The…

‘Dead’ Indian man awakes at funeral pyre, then declared dead

AFP 11/25/2024

JAIPUR, India—A man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said on Saturday. The 25-year-old man, Rohitash Kumar, was rushed to hospital…

Fire engulfs India hospital ward killing 10 newborn babies

AP 11/17/2024

LUCKNOW, India — A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, authorities said. The fire occurred late Friday at a hospital in…

India stampede: 116 people killed in religious event

Associated Press 07/03/2024

LUCKNOW, India — Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed at least 116 people and injured scores, officials said. It was not…

Myriad people flock to Indian city to swallow live fish with ‘miracle cure’ to asthma

06/16/2024

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A mother encourages her daughter to fully open her mouth to swallow a live fish holding “the medicine” she believes will help cure her child’s asthma, as scores clamor about, gulping down their…

6 newborns killed in India baby hospital fire – police

Agence France Presse 05/26/2024

NEW DELHI — Six newborn babies have died after a fire tore through a children’s hospital in the Indian capital, with people charging into the blaze to rescue the infants, police said Sunday. “All the 12 newborn…

India billboard collapse: 12 dead, 60 injured

Agence France Presse 05/14/2024

Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India’s financial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday. An excavator was digging through the wreckage as rescuers raced to find…

Krystyna Pyszková from Czech Republic crowned Miss World 2024

Armin Adina 03/10/2024

The Miss World pageant has finally crowned its 71st queen, and she is Krystyna Pyszková from Czech Republic who emerged victorious in the competition held two years since the previous edition of the international tilt. Pyszková bested 111 other aspirants from different…

Asia’s richest man hosts lavish pre-wedding party for youngest son

Associated Press 03/03/2024

NEW DELHI — What happens when the son of Asia’s richest man is about to get married? His father throws a three-day prenuptial bash four months before the actual ceremony. Tycoons from around the world, heads of…

Diwali: Millions of Indians set a world record but worries about air pollution rise

11/13/2023

LUCKNOW, India— Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Across the country, dazzling multi-colored lights…

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