The toll in the stampede at the Chamunda Devi temple here rose to 224 with 77 more deaths reported by the relatives of the deceased even as the shrine reopened on Tuesday opened with fewer devotees amidst heightened police presence along the two-km route leading to it.
The death toll rose to more than 150 on Wednesday.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rahul-to-visit-stampede-site-as-death-toll-mounts/74758-3.html
Why were they not prepared for a rush and why was no medical aid available?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/130-killed-in-stampede-govt-stumbles-for-answers/74712-3.html
Former external affairs minister is a trustee of the Chamunda Devi temple.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/temple-stampede-bjp-leader-willing-to-be-the-fall-guy/74697-3.html
A stampede outside Naina Devi Temple in August left had left 145 dead.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/2-major-stampedes-this-year-but-no-lessons-learnt/74690-3.html
Devotees had gathered at the temple on the occasion of the Navaratri.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/death-toll-rises-to-147-in-jodhpur-temple-stampede/74652-3.html
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