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Devotees surged towards preacher moments before lethal India crush, witnesses say
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoThousands of devotees rushed to get a closer glimpse of a Hindu preacher, jostling and pushing on...
Newly confident opposition stages walkout as Modi address India’s new parliament
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoThe session saw fiery speeches by opposition members buoyed by their performance in the last...
Flirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both...
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoConflicts between herders and the wild ancestors of their yaks, camels and reindeer are a serious...
Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoMany in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy, which was dissolved in 2008. A...
Bhole Baba: preacher at centre of Indian stampede disaster
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoFormer police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba built an immense following among poor and...
Terror, 'chaos' as India stampede kills 121
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoSurvivors of India's deadliest stampede in more than a decade recalled on Wednesday the horror of being crushed at a vastly overcrowded Hindu religious...
What we know about the India crush that killed 121
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoThe incident took place during a satsang (a Hindu religious festival) in Hathras district on Tuesday. Police said the number of people present at the...
The son of Asia’s richest man is getting married in one of India’s most anticipated — and lavish —...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoBillionaire heir Anant Ambani is set to marry his longtime girlfriend Radhika Merchant later this...
Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to the deadly stampede at an Indian festival
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoSevere overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that...
More than 120 killed in crush at India religious event
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoAt least 121 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India,...