Holi Poising

A 13-year-old boy died and 235 people, mostly children, continued to be in hospital on Friday after they mistook a chemical dye to be Holi colour, officials here said. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who ordered a high-level probe into the tragedy and visited the Sion Hospital where most those taken ill were admitted, said the dye got...

A 13-year-old boy died and 235 people, mostly children, continued to be in hospital on Friday after they mistook a chemical dye to be Holi colour, officials here said. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who ordered a high-level probe into the tragedy and visited the Sion Hospital where most those taken ill were admitted, said the dye got...