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THE HINDU DATED 2ND NOVEMBER 2025.
1. Temple Stampede in Andhra Pradesh
A tragic stampede at the under-construction Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Srikakulam claimed nine lives, including eight women and a child, and injured fifteen. Over 20,000 devotees gathered on ekadashi day, but the management failed to alert the police or arrange crowd control. The single entry-exit passage and collapse of a barricade triggered chaos. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu admitted preventable negligence, ordering a probe and promising compensation. The incident exposes persistent lapses in crowd management during religious events, the absence of mandatory coordination between private temple boards and authorities, and the need for a nationwide safety protocol for pilgrimage sites.
2. Kerala Declares Freedom from Extreme Poverty
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The Hindu news digest covering temple stampede in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala's poverty eradication, household debt surge, cloud-seeding experiment, and political controversies in West Bengal and foreign policy.
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