Datia Stampede

• CBI begins probe in Datia temple stampede

  A CBI team has reached Datia to begin investigation into the Ratangarh temple stampede in October which claimed 115 lives.

• Before Rahul Gandhi's visit to hospital, stampede victims get beds, fresh blankets

  15-year-old Kamlesh and her grandmother, both victims of Sunday's stampede at the Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh, had been lying on the floor of the Datia district hospital, due to the lack of beds. They finally got a bed this morning, thanks to a VIP visitor, Rahul Gandhi.

• Madhya Pradesh stampede: Shivraj Chouhan's government suspends 21 officials, cops

  A total of 21 officials and policemen including Datia district Collector and Superintendent of Police were suspended by Madhya Pradesh government in the wake of stampede at Ratangarh temple, in which 115 people were killed and scores injured.

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  Madhya Pradesh horror: Men in uniform snatched jewelry, threw children off bridge, claim survivors

  The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended 21 officials, including the district magistrate and the top policeman of Datia district, where 115 people were killed in a temple stampede on Sunday.

• Madhya Pradesh stampede: four state government officials suspended

  The Collector of Datia and three other top district officials were tonight suspended by the Madhya Pradesh government over the alleged lapse in connection with the temple stampede in which the toll of dead rose to 115.

• 115 killed in Madhya Pradesh temple stampede, politicians wage war of words

  The death toll in the stampede near a famous Madhya Pradesh temple has risen to 115 and the Congress has demanded that the BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan step down as Chief Minister of the election-bound state.

• BJP presser on Madhya Pradesh temple stampede

  Tragedy struck Dussehra festivities in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, nearly 400 km from Bhopal, with at least 115 people killed and over 80 injured in a stampede near a temple yesterday morning. BJP addressed the media on this tragedy. Here are the highlights:

• 115 killed in Madhya Pradesh temple stampede, BJP admits police lapses

  The death toll in the stampede near a famous Madhya Pradesh temple has risen to 115 and the Congress has demanded that the BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan step down as Chief Minister of the election-bound state.

• We will review what measures need to be taken during festivals: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister

  At least 115 people were killed and over 80 were injured in a stampede near a temple in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district yesterday on the occasion of Dussehra.

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  Madhya Pradesh stampede toll rises to 115, Congress demands Chief Minister's resignation

  In a tragedy that cast a long shadow on Dussehra festivities, at least 115 people killed and over 80 injured in a stampede yesterday morning in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, nearly 400 km from Bhopal.

• Madhya Pradesh temple stampede: Guilty will be punished, says Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

  Tragedy struck Dussehra festivities in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, nearly 400 km from Bhopal, with at least 115 people killed and over 80 injured in a stampede near a temple yesterday morning.

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  115 killed, over 80 injured after rumour sparks stampede at Madhya Pradesh temple; judicial inquiry ordered

  Tragedy struck Dussehra festivities in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, nearly 400 km from Bhopal, with at least 111 people killed and over 80 injured in a stampede near a temple yesterday morning.

• Sonia Gandhi expresses shock, anguish over Madhya Pradesh temple tragedy

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed "shock and deep anguish" over the death of 89 devotees in a stampede at a temple in Madhya Pradesh.

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  89 killed, 100 injured after rumour sparks stampede at Madhya Pradesh temple

  89 people have died and over 100 injured in a stampede this morning at Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, police said.