LUCKNOW, India — A stampede killed 16 Hindu pilgrims and injured about 50 during a religious ceremony Tuesday on the banks of the Ganges River in northern India, an official said. The stampede at Haridwar in Uttrakhand state was triggered when some of the pilgrims tripped and fell while those behind continued to push forward, government spokesman Amit Chandola said. Read full article > >

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Official says 16 Hindus die in stampede during religious ceremony at Ganges in northern India

Rescuers retrieve 36 bodies from the Ganges river after an overloaded boat capsized in India’s Bihar state.

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Many dead as India boat capsizes