Five girls killed, 34 injured in school stampede (Roundup)NEW DELHI - Five girl students were killed and at least 34 other students were injured Thursday morning in a stampede in a school here after rumours that electric current had leaked into waterlogged classrooms, police said. Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal described the tragedy as a shame. Delhi CM Dikshit orders inquiry into school stampedeNEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday, ordered a high level inquiry into the stampede at a Delhi Government School in East Delhi that killed five students and injured at least 24. Mother lost fasting daughter in school stampedeNEW DELHI - A distraught Shamshari was wailing inconsolably over the biggest tragedy after losing her 12-year-old daughter Afroz in a school stampede here Thursday that also claimed four more lives. Five killed, 34 injured in Delhi school stampede (Third Lead)NEW DELHI - Five girl students were killed and at least 34 injured in a Thursday morning stampede in a school here following rumours that electric current had leaked into the water in the flooded building after heavy overnight rain, police said. Errant boys, not rumours, caused school mishap, says victimNEW DELHI - A victim of the stampede in a Delhi school that left five girl students dead says that errant boys and not rumours led to the mishap Thursday, even as the government dismissed the allegation. 5 New Delhi school students stampeded to death; 31 injured
Five students killed, 30 injured in Delhi school stampedeNEW DELHI - Five girl students were killed and at least 30 others injured Thursday in a stampede in a flooded government senior secondary school in the capital. The stampede was sparked by rumours that electric current had leaked into the water that had flooded the school, police said. Two die as people swarm river banks during eclipseVARANASI - Two people died and four were injured when thousands swarmed the banks of the Ganga here Wednesday morning to take a dip in the holy water, believed to be further blessed by the total solar eclipse. Longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century covers parts of Asia in near darknessTOKYO, Japan — Millions of Asians turned their eyes skyward Wednesday as dawn suddenly turned to darkness across the continent in the longest total solar eclipse this century will see. Millions of others, fearing a bad omen, shuttered themselves indoors. Obama makes historic visit to African sub-continent, hails progress in democracy in Afxan fiACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama is hailing a “new moment of promise” in Africa, using a historic visit to urge all nations on the continent to establish their own identity in an increasingly interconnected world. |
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NEW DELHI — Hundreds of students jammed into a narrow school staircase panicked and set off a stampede Thursday that left five girls dead and 31 other students injured, a New Delhi hospital official said.
