Goa temple stampede: In a tragic turn of events, at least six people died, and over 70 others were injured after a stampede at wee hours of Saturday in Shirgaon village in North Goa's Bicholim, during ...

Goa Temple Stampede Highlights: In the early hours of Saturday, a stampede broke out during a temple festival at a village in North Goa, killing six while several others were injured, PTI reported ...

Goa’s landscape that once stood out for its whitewashed churches, chapels, temples and temple towers is no longer the same – its temples are now a colourful, ubiquitous sight, but one lacking the ...

At least six people died while 75 others sustained injuries after a stampede during the Shri Lairai Zatra in Goa’s Shirgao late on Friday when thousands of devotees from Goa and other states had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deadly crushes occur regularly at religious festivals across India [File: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters] At least six people have ...

The stampede took place around 3am at the Shri Lairai Devi temple in Goa’s Bicholim, located around 40km from the state capital Panaji, where thousands of devotees were gathered for the annual Lairai ...

Goa’s old temples need change, but they also need to be protected from change. There is no contradiction here: the change – or even revolution – they urgently need is in the realm of the social, ...

The sloping ground near the temple in Goa where a deadly stampede claimed six lives was accident-prone with a similar but minor incident reported in the past, an official said on Sunday as the ...

The Goa government is planning to provide a spiritual experience to visitors, away from the beaches, by promoting a pilgrimage circuit comprising 11 iconic temples in the state, officials said on ...

The Goa government has approved the construction of a ‘Koti-Thirtha corridor’ (ritualistic pilgrimage site) and a new temple on the ruins of the Saptakoteshwar temple at Divar, an island village on ...

The first major temple for Kannadiga worshippers in Goa was inaugurated on Thursday morning at Orda, Candolim, by Calangute MLA Michael Lobo. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Durgadevi and Lord ...

A former temple priest accused of molesting two women surrendered before a court in Goa today and was arrested by the police, an official said. Dhananjay Bhave, 51, formerly attached to a famous ...