New Year Stampede

At least nine people died in a shopping mall crush in Uganda's capital on Sunday as revellers rang in the New Year, police said.

A sudden rush of devotees at the Vaishno Devi shrine here to mark the beginning of the New Year triggered the stampede that resulted in the death of 12 people, some of the survivors said, blaming "mismanagement" for the tragedy.

12 pilgrims died and over a dozen injured in a stampede at Jammu and Kashmir's Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. The stampede was triggered by a "minor altercation among some young boys" amid a massive rush of devotees on New Year, officials said today.

Witnesses have described the horror on Bengaluru's famous MG Road on New Year's Eve, when several women were molested as thousands of revelers poured out on to the street close to midnight.

Close to two million pilgrims have converged on western Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj where new measures aim to prevent a recurrence of last year's stampede which killed around 2,300.

Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai have opted not to organize New Year celebrations the historic riverfront Bund this week, a year after a stampede killed 36 people.

One of the 36 funerals for the victims of a New Year's Eve crush in Shanghai was held today, after authorities finally allowed the ceremonies to go ahead.

Four local officials in Shanghai have been sacked after 36 people died in a New Year's Eve crush on the city's famous waterfront, the city government said Wednesday, as compensation was announced for victims' families.

China's commercial hub Shanghai has cancelled a popular annual outdoor festival over safety concerns, after a New Year's eve stampede in the city killed 36 people.

Three days after his sister and 35 others were killed in a New Year's Eve stampede, Wang Jianhua went to Shanghai's waterfront to take pictures and measurements of the scene, hoping to piece together for himself how the disaster unfolded.

A spectacular ice festival opened in China today but officials cancelled a firework display to allay safety concerns after a deadly New Year stampede in Shanghai.

Like hundreds of thousands of other revelers, 24-year-old Pan Haiqin decided to ring in the new year on Shanghai's famed riverfront as the skyscrapers flashed and sparkled. But as the crowd grew and then turned into an out-of-control crush of bodies, the real estate professional never made it up steps to a viewing platform to see the dazzling light...

Chinese state media and the public criticised the government and police on Friday for failing to prevent a New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai that killed 36 people and dented the city's image as modern China's global financial hub.

Shanghai's joyful New Year celebration ended in screams, panic and chaos as a stampede enveloped a crowd of revellers so dense that emergency services were initially prevented from helping.

Thirty-five people have been killed in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in downtown Shanghai, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency is reporting.

At least nine people died in a shopping mall crush in Uganda's capital on Sunday as revellers rang in the New Year, police said.

A sudden rush of devotees at the Vaishno Devi shrine here to mark the beginning of the New Year triggered the stampede that resulted in the death of 12 people, some of the survivors said, blaming "mismanagement" for the tragedy.

12 pilgrims died and over a dozen injured in a stampede at Jammu and Kashmir's Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. The stampede was triggered by a "minor altercation among some young boys" amid a massive rush of devotees on New Year, officials said today.

Witnesses have described the horror on Bengaluru's famous MG Road on New Year's Eve, when several women were molested as thousands of revelers poured out on to the street close to midnight.

Close to two million pilgrims have converged on western Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj where new measures aim to prevent a recurrence of last year's stampede which killed around 2,300.

Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai have opted not to organize New Year celebrations the historic riverfront Bund this week, a year after a stampede killed 36 people.

One of the 36 funerals for the victims of a New Year's Eve crush in Shanghai was held today, after authorities finally allowed the ceremonies to go ahead.

Four local officials in Shanghai have been sacked after 36 people died in a New Year's Eve crush on the city's famous waterfront, the city government said Wednesday, as compensation was announced for victims' families.

China's commercial hub Shanghai has cancelled a popular annual outdoor festival over safety concerns, after a New Year's eve stampede in the city killed 36 people.

Three days after his sister and 35 others were killed in a New Year's Eve stampede, Wang Jianhua went to Shanghai's waterfront to take pictures and measurements of the scene, hoping to piece together for himself how the disaster unfolded.

A spectacular ice festival opened in China today but officials cancelled a firework display to allay safety concerns after a deadly New Year stampede in Shanghai.

Like hundreds of thousands of other revelers, 24-year-old Pan Haiqin decided to ring in the new year on Shanghai's famed riverfront as the skyscrapers flashed and sparkled. But as the crowd grew and then turned into an out-of-control crush of bodies, the real estate professional never made it up steps to a viewing platform to see the dazzling light...

Chinese state media and the public criticised the government and police on Friday for failing to prevent a New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai that killed 36 people and dented the city's image as modern China's global financial hub.

Shanghai's joyful New Year celebration ended in screams, panic and chaos as a stampede enveloped a crowd of revellers so dense that emergency services were initially prevented from helping.

Thirty-five people have been killed in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in downtown Shanghai, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency is reporting.