NEW DELHI — The death toll in Tuesday’s stampede in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh rose to 116, out of which 88 victims’ bodies were lying at a local trauma center, 27 at Etah Hospital and one at a hospital in the Hathras town, confirmed a local administration official to Xinhua over phone.
The death toll was feared to rise further as many injured persons were admitted at various hospitals, out of whom