Himachal Pradesh

Naina Devi temple stampede death toll touches 146, devotees resume trekking

Bilaspur, Aug 4: Devotees resumed trekking to Naina Devi temple on Sunday midnight even as the death toll in the worst-ever temple tragedy touches 146 and 129 bodies have been identified so far.

Thirty children and 38 women were among those killed in the stampede that was apparently sparked off by rumours of a landslide at the hill shrine in Bilaspur District of Himachal Pradesh.

Officials said most of the people died of suffocation as tens of thousands of pilgrims had converged at the shrine, located about 165 kms from Shimla, to celebrate the nine-day Shravan Navratra festival.

Death toll rises to 140 in Naina Devi temple stampede in Himachal (Update)

Shimla, August 3: The death toll in Naina Devi temple stamped in Bilaspur District of Himachal Pradesh has risen to 140.

Temple stampede kills at least 123 in India

New Delhi - At least 123 Hindu worshippers were killed and 48 injured in a stampede at a shrine in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, officials said.

80 feared dead, over 100 injured at Naina Devi temple stampede in Himachal

Shimla, Aug 3: At least 80 people were killed and over 100 were injured, when a stampede occurred at the famous Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur District of Himachal Pradesh.

Tibetan exiles decide their future actions ahead of Beijing Olympics

Dharamsala, July 24 : Five Non-Governmental organizations (NGO) here have joined hands for the Tibetan freedom movement and have decided to launch an all-out struggle against a second cultural revolution in Tibet after the Olympics.

The five NGOs - the Tibetan Youth Congress, the Students For Free Tibet, the National Democratic Party of Tibet, the GU-CHU-SUM and the Tibetan Women Association - have initiated a movement titled ''Tibetan People''s uprising Movement (TPUM)'' through which they will carry out their freedom struggle. 

B Tsering, President, Tibetan Women Association said that their forthcoming actions will define their strategic preparations made ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Exiled Tibetans to go on hunger strike from July 28

tibetDharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), July 21 : The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) will go on a hunger strike from July 28 in New Delhi against the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The protest would be a part of the ''Tibetan People''s Mass Movement'' programme.

Tsewang Rigzin, the president of TYC, told reporters in Dharamshala on Monday that they were demanding the "immediate end to the gruesome suppression of Tibetans inside Tibet and the unconditional release of all Tibetan political prisoners."

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