<keyword id="20438678" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jehanabad" source="keywords">Jehanabad</keyword> (Bihar) [India], August 12 (ANI): At least seven people died and nine others got injured in a <keyword id="21446700" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="stampede" source="keywords">stampede</keyword> at <keyword id="22753519" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Baba-Siddhanath-Temple" source="Orion">Baba Siddhanath Temple</keyword> in Makhdumpur, Jehanabad district, in the early hours of Monday. Confirming the incident, Jehanabad DM Alankrita Pandey told ANI, "At least seven people died and nine were injured in a stampede at <keyword id="22753419" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Baba-Siddhanath" source="keywords">Baba Siddhanath</keyword> Temple in Makhdumpur, Jehanabad district. We are monitoring everything and now the situation is under control." Speaking to ANI, Divakar Kumar Vishwakarma, SHO Jehanabad said, "DM and SP visited the spot and they are taking stock of the situation...A total of seven people have died...We are meeting and inquiring the family members (of the people dead and injured)...We are trying to identify the people (who have died), after this we will send the bodies for post-mortem..." Meanwhile, Vikas Kumar, SDO Jehanabad, expressed his grief over the incident, saying "It is a sad incident...All the arrangements were tight, we are taking stock of the situation and then will further inform you about this...." More details awaited...

At least seven people dead, nine injured in stampede at Jehanabad's Baba Siddhanath Temple in Bihar

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/44234315.cms" /> At least 32 people lost their lives and 15 others injured in a stampede during Dussehera celebrations at historic <keyword id="6356947" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gandhi-Maidan">Gandhi Maidan</keyword> in Patna. The chief secretary of Bihar has confirmed the number of casualties. According to initial reports, most of the people killed were women and children. Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was reportedly present at Gandhi Maidan when this incident took place.

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SaturdayDelhi-Ghaziabad Border: Chaos, confusion and a stampede-like situation prevailed at the Delhi-Ghaziabad border as thousands of migrant workers fought amongst themselves to get seats on the limited number of buses the Uttar Pradesh administration operated on Saturday to ferry them to the hinterlands.Mumbai: The schemes for the merger of ten state-run banks into four lenders are coming into force from April 1, according to the Reserve Bank of India.New Delhi: India reported 179 fresh COVID-19 cases, highest in a single day, taking the tally to 918, and the death toll climbed to 19 on Saturday, as the government made efforts to shore up healthcare infrastructure.SundayNew Delhi: The nationwide tally of confirmed Coronavirus cases crossed the 1,000-mark and the death toll reached 27 on Sunday, even as the central govt ordered sealing of all state and district borders to check community transmission of the deadly virus by migrant workers.New Delhi: Some are finding their own villages in Bihar blocking their entry; a few had to make trees their temporary homes in West Bengal; hundreds left relief camps and hit the roads in Kerala in protest. New Delhi: The government on Sunday constituted 11 empowered groups to suggest measures to ramp up healthcare, put the economy back on track and reduce misery of people as quickly as possible post the 21-day lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic.MondayNew Delhi: The COVID-19 crisis appeared escalating on Monday with at least 11 new deaths including of six from Telangana who had attended a religious congregation in the national capital earlier this month, while the government reported 227 fresh cases of infection nationwide -- the highest for a day.New Delhi: The government has not extended the current 2019-20 fiscal year and it will end as scheduled on March 31, the finance ministry said Monday.New Delhi: Police and paramilitary personnel cordoned off a major area in Nizamuddin West while over 200 people have been kept in isolation in hospitals after several people who took part in a religious congregation there earlier this month showed symptoms of coronavirus, officials said. TuesdayNew Delhi: Authorities launched a nationwide search for participants of a huge religious gathering held earlier this month in the national capital's Nizamuddin area, which has become the new epicentre of the deadly virus pandemic amid fears that thousands present there could have carried the infection across the country.New Delhi: The number of novel coronavirus cases climbed to 1,397 on Tuesday after 146 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours across the country, while the death toll due to the pandemic rose to 35, according to the Union Health Ministry.New Delhi: Seeking to ease hardships faced by people during the ongoing lockdown, several banks on Tuesday initiated steps to effect the RBI-suggested moratorium on loans taken by their customers and e-retailers began deliveries, but job losses and pay cuts continued to haunt many even as authorities promised special facilities, including for migrant labourers.WednesdayNew Delhi: In a sweeping nationwide hunt, authorities have identified more than 6,000 people who attended the Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat congregation, the biggest COVID-19 hotspot in India, as more than 450 fresh cases of infection emerged on Wednesday.New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,834 in the country on Wednesday, registering the biggest single-day jump, while the death toll rose to 41, according to the Union Health Ministry.New Delhi: With a sharp spike in the COVID-19 tally, authorities on Wednesday stepped up their crackdown against violations of the ongoing nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the pandemic, even as troubles mounted for people with supply of goods getting sparse and economic activities being hit hard.ThursdayNew Delhi: Pitching for efforts on a war footing to identify and isolate COVID-19 hotspots, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hinted at a "staggered" exit from the ongoing lockdown after the 21-day period ends on April 14 while the nationwide tally of confirmed cases of the deadly virus infection rose by more than 500 to cross 2,500 with at least 76 deaths.New Delhi: India's premier defence research institution DRDO has developed a "bio suit" to protect doctors and paramedics engaged in treating coronavirus-affected people from the infection.New Delhi: The Delhi Police issued a notice to seven people, including Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, and lodged an FIR against them for holding a religious congregation here allegedly in violation of the lockdown orders and not maintaining social distancing, officials said.FridayNew Delhi: Ramping up their efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, authorities on Friday announced exclusive isolation wards and initiated rapid tests in areas identified as hotspots of the infection while a record of more than 8,000 samples were tested in 24 hours. New Delhi: India may post in 2020-21 a GDP growth of 2 per cent, the slowest since the economy was liberalised 30 years back, Fitch Ratings said on Friday, as it joined a chorus of international agencies that have made a similar cut in growth estimates in recent days on concerns about the fallout of COVID-19 outbreak.New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged people to switch off the lights at their homes and light up lamps, candles or mobile phone torches for nine minutes at 9 pm on April 5 to display the country's "collective resolve" to defeat coronavirus. MAHMAH

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(Eds: combines related stories)New Delhi/Hyderabad, May 1 () The Railways on Friday rolled out non-stop "Shramik Special" trains to ferry migrant workers, students and others from various states where they were stranded since the nationwide lockdown began on March 25. In a meticulous pre-dawn operation that coincided with the International Labour Day and planned in virtual secrecy, the first train with 1,200 migrant workers departed from Hyderabad in Telangana to Hatia in Jharkhand at 4:50 am. The other five train services are from Aluva(Kerala) to Bhubaneswar(Odisha), Nashik(Maharashtra) to Lucknow(UP), Nashik to Bhopal(MP), Jaipur(Rajasthan) to Patna(Bihar) and Kota(Rajasthan) to Hatia, which is in the outskirts of Ranchi city. The migrant workers from Sangareddy district, about 50 km from Hyderabad, were brought to the city in buses and allowed to board the 24-coach train after following strict health protocols. Some of the workers were working at IIT, Hyderabad, with the campus at Sangareddy, which witnessed protests by construction labourers, allegedly denied payment. They indulged in stone pelting and also demanded they be sent back home. The discreet operation came against the backdrop of the incident in Bandra in suburban Mumbai when thousands of migrant workers reached the railway station on April 14 following social media buzz on resumption of train services that triggered a near stampede and breakdown of law and order. After more than a month of suspension of passenger services, the Railways announced the special trains for stranded migrant workers, students and others amid indications by officials that more such services are being planned in the coming days with the 40-day lockdown due to end on May 3 being extended for another two weeks. The train services followed demands from multiple states who felt it will be a logistical nightmare to transport lakhs of migrants back to their home towns in buses which was envisaged in the April 29 guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA). The Railways will charge the state governments for ferrying the stranded people, an official order said, adding the fare would include cost of sleeper class ticket, superfast charge of Rs 30 and Rs 20 for meals and water per passenger. Over 5,000 migrant labourers returned to Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh in 155 buses and their medical check-ups were being conducted, UP's Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi said in Lucknow. He said 5,259 labourers from MP arrived in the state and 1,341 labourers belonging to that state were sent to their native places in 50 buses. Awasthi said 6,500 migrant labourers from Rajasthan and 1,500 from Uttarakhand will be returning to UP on Saturday. Nearly 1,700 students returned to West Bengal from Rajasthan's Kota -- the coaching hub for engineering and medical aspirants -- and have been put up at different camps for health check-ups, an official said in Kolkata. According to TMC leader and Asansol Mayor Jitendra Tiwari, the students, following their arrival in the town, were provided refreshments and taken to health camps, where they would have to undergo precautionary medical check-up. "The buses carrying students (from Kota) are coming to Asansol. The students are then being taken to health camps for a check-up. We have arranged for 135 buses, which would ferry the students to their respective homes, following completion of necessary formalities," Tiwari told over the phone. The Railways said as per the guidelines issued by the MHA the 'Shramik Special' trains will be operated from point to point on the request of both the state governments concerned as per the standard protocols for sending and receiving such stranded persons. "The railways and state governments shall appoint senior officials," it said in a statement. Announcements, officials said are not being made in advance to ensure there is no overcrowding at stations leading to a panic situation and only those stranded will be allowed to board the train and who have registered with state authorities. Officials in Kota in Rajasthan have issued instructions, saying students need to carry identity cards. Seats will be allotted on a first-come-first-serve basis and a message from the district magistrate allowing travel will be considered as a valid ticket, they said. Each train is likely to carry around 1,000-1,200 passengers, keeping in mind the social-distancing protocol. Students from all 24 districts of Jharkhand, who were stranded in Rajasthan, will be accommodated in two special trains leaving Kota and Jaipur. A district-wise seating arrangement has been made with adequate social distancing. According to the guidelines issued by the railways, the passengers of the special trains will have to be screened at the boarding points by the states sending them and only those found asymptomatic of COVID-19 will be allowed to travel. "Sending state governments will have to bring these persons in batches that can be accommodated in the trains to the designated railway stations in sanitised buses, following social-distancing norms and other precautions. It will be mandatory for every passenger to wear a face cover. Meals and drinking water would be provided to the passengers by the sending states at the originating stations. "Railways will endeavour to ensure social-distancing norms and hygiene with the cooperation of passengers. On longer routes, the railways will provide a meal during the journey," the national transporter said. On arrival at the destination, the passengers are to be received by the state government, which will make all arrangements for their screening, quarantine, if necessary, and further travel from the railway station, it added. A spokesperson for the South Central Railway which operated the morning Jharkhand bound train service said all passengers underwent thermal screening at the station, masks made mandatory and food provided on board as the train will have no halts. For social distancing measures, it has allowed only 54 passengers per coach which has a capacity of 72. In coupes, six passengers have been allowed instead of eight, the spokesperson said, which is the likely protocol which will be followed for all such special trains. had earlier reported that each railway zone had a "restoration plan" in place to ferry stranded migrants across the country to their destinations. Resumption of normal services, however, will not take place anytime soon, officials said. Following information about the special train from Aluva in Kerala, a large number of migrant workers, including women, thronged registration counters set up by the state government at nearby Perumbavoor, where majority of the labourers in the Ernakulam district are housed in camps. Announcements were being made through public address system in various native languages of the workers, including Bengali, Odiya and Hindi, on the process, including social distancing, to be followed for the journey. modalities were being worked out. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the government, if necessary, would help migrant workers even fly back home. A day after giving the nod for their one-time movement towards their destination, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa appealed to migrant workers to stay back in the state and co-operate with the government to resume economic activities. 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