Seven killed and more than a dozen injured during temple stampede in India

Seven people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a stampede broke out at a temple in India.Thousands of devotees had gathered to pray near Ashok Dham Temple in eastern India's Bihar state on Monday. An electric wire snapped outside the temple premises in Lakhisarai district around 6.30am and the crowd rushed to escape potential electrocution, preliminary reports suggest.Barricades then collapsed under the weight of the crowd, leading to a crush as people began to fall over each other, an official told Indian media.More than a dozen people were taken to a government hospital for treatment. Fatal hotel blazeIt came just hours after a fire broke out at a hotel in the town of Tarapith, West Bengal, killing seven and leaving several others critically injured. The fire started at around 4.30am on the ground floor of a four-story hotel in which many of the guests were pilgrims, the Press Trust of India reported. Most guests were asleep at the time.Hotel management said the blaze may have started after an electrical component in the building's power supply system caught fire near the reception area. The injured were taken to hospital and treated for burn injuries, smoke in...