Puttingal Temple

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.

The Kerala BJP on Saturday sought a probe by the CBI and the NIA into the temple disaster that left 114 people dead and over 350 injured late last Saturday night during an illegal fireworks display at the Puttingal Devi temple.

Kerala police today slammed the district administration for delayed action during the Puttingal temple fire in which over 100 people died.

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.

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.

About 500 grams of concrete stones and pellets were removed from the body of a 35-year-old man, who was injured when fireworks landed on a stockpile of crackers triggering a huge blast at the Puttingal Temple complex in Kollam.

The explosion that ricocheted through a Kerala temple and the flames that swept through the area while thousands of devotees were gathered has been recorded on a video that shows the moment a large fireworks display turned into a disaster.

Early investigations into the Puttingal temple fire show use of chemicals in the fireworks which are traditionally not used by Indian fireworks manufacturers. Sources in the government said that the first test reports indicate the presence of chemicals manufactured in China and used by the fireworks industry there.

11-year-old Kishore and his 14-year-old sister Krishna lost their parents in the massive fire at Kerala's Puttingal Devi temple on Sunday. Kishore heard his father shout for help with his head bleeding, surrounded by bodies. The 11-year-old also saw people desperately trying to save his mother, but both the parents died.

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.

The Kerala BJP on Saturday sought a probe by the CBI and the NIA into the temple disaster that left 114 people dead and over 350 injured late last Saturday night during an illegal fireworks display at the Puttingal Devi temple.

Kerala police today slammed the district administration for delayed action during the Puttingal temple fire in which over 100 people died.

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.

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.

About 500 grams of concrete stones and pellets were removed from the body of a 35-year-old man, who was injured when fireworks landed on a stockpile of crackers triggering a huge blast at the Puttingal Temple complex in Kollam.

The explosion that ricocheted through a Kerala temple and the flames that swept through the area while thousands of devotees were gathered has been recorded on a video that shows the moment a large fireworks display turned into a disaster.

Early investigations into the Puttingal temple fire show use of chemicals in the fireworks which are traditionally not used by Indian fireworks manufacturers. Sources in the government said that the first test reports indicate the presence of chemicals manufactured in China and used by the fireworks industry there.

11-year-old Kishore and his 14-year-old sister Krishna lost their parents in the massive fire at Kerala's Puttingal Devi temple on Sunday. Kishore heard his father shout for help with his head bleeding, surrounded by bodies. The 11-year-old also saw people desperately trying to save his mother, but both the parents died.