PRATAPGARH: Thousand followers gathered at Ramjanki temple in Pratapgarh who visited to hear their spiritual leader Kripaluji Maharaj, and received ‘Prasad’ from him , has created chaos which led the stamped as the gate felt down. The whole incident claimed 60 lives and injured more than two dozens. The ADG Brijlal has confirmed the number of casualties.
The administration has rushed to spot with ambulance to put the rescue effort in minimum time. The police told that during the distribution of Prasad, it was overcrowded where the temple authorities had closed down the all three gates, and suddenly at the opening of main gate led the chaos and stampede occurred.
The victims have been taken to Pratapgarh and Allahabad hospital in which most of them were women and kids.
PRATAPGARH: Thousand followers gathered at Ramjanki temple in Pratapgarh who visited to hear their spiritual leader Kripaluji Maharaj, and received ‘Prasad’ from him , has created chaos which led the stamped as the gate felt down. The whole incident claimed 60 lives and injured more than two dozens. The ADG Brijlal has confirmed the number of casualties.
The administration has rushed to spot with ambulance to put the rescue effort in minimum time. The police told that during the distribution of Prasad, it was overcrowded where the temple authorities had closed down the all three gates, and suddenly at the opening of main gate led the chaos and stampede occurred.
The victims have been taken to Pratapgarh and Allahabad hospital in which most of them were women and kids.
Uptu Result 2010, Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) Results for the Final Year for UPTU has been announced today.
Government of Uttar Pradesh startsd UPTU on 8th May 2010. It is the biggest technical university in Asia. UPTU has 317 Colleges under it.
FINAL YEAR RESULTS
British parliamentarian Dr. Liam Fox Calls on Sri Lanka President, A parliamentarian of the Britain’s main opposition Conservative Party and Shadow Defence secretary called on the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at the Temple Trees.
Ministers Rohitha Bogollagama, Prof. G.L Peiris, Secretary to the President Lalith Weerathunge, and Secretary of Foreign affairs Romesh Jayasinghe also participated in the discussion.
Actress Isha Kopikar to exchange nuptial vows with her longtime beau Timmy Narang on Sunday.
The two got married at the ISKCON Temple in Juhu in a private ceremony that was attended by close family and friends. It was a traditional Maharashtrian style wedding that reportedly lasted for about four hours. Since the auspicious time scheduled for the wedding was 11am, it was a daytime wedding.
“I am very excited and I can’t wait to get married,” Narang, a restaurateur, told reporters before entering the temple.
33-year-old Isha wore a red and yellow sari while the groom was dressed in a cream sherwani.
An official from the temple is quoted as saying: “They brought their own priest and we just provided the hall and the food. They had a booking here from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.”
‘New Moon‘, The ‘Twilight‘ vampire romance sequel ‘New Moon’ remained firmly clamped down on the North American box office top spot for a second week, preliminary figures showed on Sunday.
The second big-screen installment adapted from Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful books took in 42.5 million dollars over the weekend, according to figures from Exhibitor Relations.
That brought the movie’s two-week earnings to a whopping 230.7 million dollars after it raked in an astounding 142.8 million dollars in its first three days of release.
Only Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” with 158.4 million dollars and “Spider-Man 3″ with 151.1 million dollars have scored bigger openings.
The “New Moon” release weekend earnings were considered particularly impressive because the film was released in November, outside of the traditional summer blockbuster season.
The “Twilight” franchise follows the fortunes of high school teenager Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, and her vampire lover Edward Cullen, played by British heart-throb Robert Pattinson.
Also showing staying power this week were “The Blind Side,” which hung on to the number two spot for a second week and “2012,” at number three for a second week.
“The Blind Side,” a feel-good film based on the real-life journey from rags to riches of Baltimore Ravens American football star Michael Oher, earned 40.1 million dollars in box office receipts.
“2012,” which makes ample use of special effects to illustrate the end of the world, brought in 18 million dollars in its third week in theatres.
In at number four was “Old Dogs,” a Disney movie starring John Travolta and Robin Williams, which took in 16.8 million dollars in its opening weekend.
“Disney’s A Christmas Carol” remained in fifth place for a second week, earning 16 million dollars in its fourth week in theatres, while “Ninja Assassin” took the number six spot, earning 13.1 million dollars.
Down three spots to number seven was “Planet 51,” the animated tale of an astronaut forced to take refuge with a young alien on a faraway planet, which earned 10.2 million dollars.
The acclaimed but harrowing “Precious” took the number eight spot with 7.09 million dollars, while Wes Anderson’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic “Fantastic Mr Fox” shot up from number 24 last week to earn the number nine spot with 7.02 million dollars.
Rounding out the top ten was satire “The Men Who Stare At Goats,” starring George Clooney and Jeff Bridges as members of a military unit schooled in psychological warfare. The film took 1.5 million dollars.
Clashes in Thai-Cambodia border, Thai “Yellow Shirt” protesters have clashed with police and villagers at an ancient temple in territory at the centre of a dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.
At least 15 people were injured in north-eastern Sisaket province after members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) tried to march to the gates of the temple near land claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia, demanding the Thai government seize the disputed territory.
Protesters broke through barricades in attempts to reach the 11th century Preah Vihear temple near the border with Cambodia on Saturday.
Thai riot police used their shields to push back protesters armed with sticks who were trying to beat local villagers.