The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday responded to questions about why self-styled preacher Surajpal, also known as ‘Narayan Sakar Hari’ and ‘Bhole Baba’ has not been named in the First Information ...

BAHADURNAGAR, India, July 7 (Reuters) - Just a pat on the back by preacher "Bhole Baba" and Ramkumari said a stone in her kidney vanished. The 85-year-old gave no proof but this story and countless ...

The devotees rushed to collect soil from the ground the man had just walked on, thousands thronging to the front of a venue densely crammed with a quarter of a million people, under stifling heat. But ...

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Hathras stampede: In a first video statement after the July 2 stampede at a satsang in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras which claimed the lives of over 120 people, Surajpal, also known as 'Bhole Baba', said ...

A 1,680-page judicial commission report on the July 2 stampede in Hathras that resulted in 121 deaths was tabled in the UP legislative assembly on Wednesday Lucknow: A judicial commission set up to ...

Hathras Stampede Live Updates: The main accused Devprakash Madhukar was arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody. Madhukar was the main organiser of the 'satsang' (religious prayer meet) where the ...

Relatives and villagers at a cremation ceremony in Daukeli village, Hathras, India, on 3 July mourn those who died in a stampede the previous day (Getty Images) Somwati Devi, 60, wanted prosperity for ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced a judicial probe into the Hathras stampede and said that among those killed, six were from other States: four from Haryana, and one each from ...