New Delhi - Parents wailed for their dead children as relatives identified their loved ones Monday, a day after a stampede at a Hindu temple in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh claimed 145 lives, officials and news reports said.
Rumours of a landslide caused the stampede at the hilltop shrine of Naina Devi in the Bilaspur district, 320 kilometres north of New Delhi. At least 80 victims were women and children.
New Delhi, Aug 4 : President Pratibha Patil today condoled the loss of lives in the Naina Devi Temple stampede in Himachal Pradesh yesterday.
The President has conveyed her heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased and has also sent her prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured.
Meanwhile, devotees resumed trekking to Naina Devi temple on Sunday midnight even as the death toll in the worst-ever temple tragedy touches 146 and 129 bodies have been identified so far.
New Delhi, Aug 4 : The caretaker Prime Minister of Nepal, Girija Prasad Koirala today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee here.
Koirala is transiting through New Delhi to Nepal after attending the 15th SAARC Summit in Colombo.
The leaders discussed bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest during their meeting.
Leader of opposition L. K. Advani also met Koirala separately.
New Delhi - Parents wailed for their dead children as relatives identified their loved ones Monday, a day after a stampede at a Hindu temple in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh claimed 145 lives, officials and news reports said.
Rumours of a landslide caused the stampede at the hilltop shrine of Naina Devi in the Bilaspur district, 320 kilometres north of New Delhi. At least 80 victims were women and children.
New Delhi, Aug 4 : After getting the approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on the India-specific safeguards agreement, India will seek the support of Japan in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) today.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Koumura here this morning.
Mukherjee will seek Japan''s support for the nuclear deal in the NSG, which is expected to meet in Vienna on August 21 to consider a waiver for India to allow it to resume nuclear commerce with the international community after a gap of over three decades.
New Delhi - Parents wailed for their dead children as relatives identified their loved ones Monday, a day after a stampede at a Hindu temple in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh claimed 145 lives, officials and news reports said.
President Pratibha Patil today condoled the loss of lives in the Naina Devi Temple stampede in Himachal Pradesh yesterday.
The caretaker Prime Minister of Nepal, Girija Prasad Koirala today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee here.
New Delhi - Parents wailed for their dead children as relatives identified their loved ones Monday, a day after a stampede at a Hindu temple in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh claimed 145 lives, officials and news reports said.
