Kerala Temple Fire Tragedy

More than 150 people were injured, eight of them seriously, in a fireworks accident at a temple in Kerala's Kasaragod district late last night

More than four years after a massive explosion and fire killing over 100 people during Puttingal temple festival in Kerala's Kollam district, the state crime branch on Friday filed a chargesheet against 59 accused, including 15 temple officials. More than 600 people were injured in the tragedy.

The Kerala High Court has today given bail to all 41 accused in Kerala's Kollam temple fire tragedy that claimed over 100 lives because police failed to file the chargesheet within 90-day deadline.

The Kerala High Court today declined bail to 39 accused in the Kollam Puttingal temple fireworks tragedy that claimed 109 lives in April.

Weeks after the fire tragedy at the Puttingal Devi temple at Paravoor in Kollam left over 100 dead and several injured, a senior political activist today said urgent steps are required to address the "psychological impact" of the tragedy on the people living in the area.

The Kerala government today said it would seek Rs 117 crore aid from the Centre for rehabilitating victims who suffered losses in the April 10 Puttingal Devi Temple fire tragedy at Kollam that killed 108 people.

A week after the fire tragedy at the 100-year-old Puttingal Devi temple at Paravoor left 108 dead, the temple reopened early this morning. The Tantri (Chief priest) Unnikrishnan Namboothiri opened the sanctum sanctorum at 4.00 am.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kollam on the day 100 people died in a temple fire was a "big relief" - disagreeing with the state's top police officer who has been quoted saying that a "tired" force had to prep security for high profile visits.

A 29-year-old man, believed to have died in the Puttingal fire tragedy, turned out be alive after a wrong body was cremated by his family at Attingal in Kollam.

Days after the disastrous temple fire in Kerala, dozens of families in Kollam are struggling to return to normal life. The state government has asked the Centre to declare the tragedy a national disaster.

The Endowments Department of Andhra Pradesh government today issued an order banning use of fireworks as part of any temple festival in the state, days after the tragic Kollam temple fire in Kerala claimed 113 lives.

The Kerala government today requested the Centre to immediately declare the Puttingal Devi temple tragedy that claimed 113 lives and left several injured as a national calamity.

DNA testing procedures to identify bodies of 13 persons charred beyond recognition in the Puttingal Devi temple tragedy at Kollam will be carried out at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio Technology (RGCB) in Thiruvananthapuram.

In the wake of the temple fire tragedy at Kollam, 3,220 kg of firecrackers were seized in raids at various places in and around the city over the past two days and six persons arrested, police said in Kozhikode on Tuesday.

China's top leadership, including President Xi Jinping, today expressed shock and grief over the deadly temple fire in Kerala that killed 110 people.

More than 150 people were injured, eight of them seriously, in a fireworks accident at a temple in Kerala's Kasaragod district late last night

More than four years after a massive explosion and fire killing over 100 people during Puttingal temple festival in Kerala's Kollam district, the state crime branch on Friday filed a chargesheet against 59 accused, including 15 temple officials. More than 600 people were injured in the tragedy.

The Kerala High Court has today given bail to all 41 accused in Kerala's Kollam temple fire tragedy that claimed over 100 lives because police failed to file the chargesheet within 90-day deadline.

The Kerala High Court today declined bail to 39 accused in the Kollam Puttingal temple fireworks tragedy that claimed 109 lives in April.

Weeks after the fire tragedy at the Puttingal Devi temple at Paravoor in Kollam left over 100 dead and several injured, a senior political activist today said urgent steps are required to address the "psychological impact" of the tragedy on the people living in the area.

The Kerala government today said it would seek Rs 117 crore aid from the Centre for rehabilitating victims who suffered losses in the April 10 Puttingal Devi Temple fire tragedy at Kollam that killed 108 people.

A week after the fire tragedy at the 100-year-old Puttingal Devi temple at Paravoor left 108 dead, the temple reopened early this morning. The Tantri (Chief priest) Unnikrishnan Namboothiri opened the sanctum sanctorum at 4.00 am.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kollam on the day 100 people died in a temple fire was a "big relief" - disagreeing with the state's top police officer who has been quoted saying that a "tired" force had to prep security for high profile visits.

A 29-year-old man, believed to have died in the Puttingal fire tragedy, turned out be alive after a wrong body was cremated by his family at Attingal in Kollam.

Days after the disastrous temple fire in Kerala, dozens of families in Kollam are struggling to return to normal life. The state government has asked the Centre to declare the tragedy a national disaster.

The Endowments Department of Andhra Pradesh government today issued an order banning use of fireworks as part of any temple festival in the state, days after the tragic Kollam temple fire in Kerala claimed 113 lives.

The Kerala government today requested the Centre to immediately declare the Puttingal Devi temple tragedy that claimed 113 lives and left several injured as a national calamity.

DNA testing procedures to identify bodies of 13 persons charred beyond recognition in the Puttingal Devi temple tragedy at Kollam will be carried out at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio Technology (RGCB) in Thiruvananthapuram.

In the wake of the temple fire tragedy at Kollam, 3,220 kg of firecrackers were seized in raids at various places in and around the city over the past two days and six persons arrested, police said in Kozhikode on Tuesday.

China's top leadership, including President Xi Jinping, today expressed shock and grief over the deadly temple fire in Kerala that killed 110 people.