Tirupati stampede: CM Chandrababu Naidu announces judicial inquiry; 2 officials suspended | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced a judicial inquiry into the Tirupati temple stampede which claimed six lives. The CM also took action against the officials by suspending “two officials who failed to ensure smooth operations”.“I could see some loopholes in the monitoring system in Tirupati,” CM Naidu said…

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‘For five minutes, we thought we were dead’: Tirupati stampede survivor recounts horrific incident | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A devotee who survived the deadly stampede at Tirupati recounted the horrific incident saying people went uncontrollable, walking over others and pushing each other. D Venkata Lakshmi, who was waiting for hours to get tickets for Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam recalled, “for five minutes we thought all of us were dead.” I have been…

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