India stampede leaves 21 dead
Thousands of people crowding into an Indian politician’s open-air birthday party caused a stampede today, killing 21 women and children, doctors said.
Thousands of people had gathered in a public park in Lucknow, the capital of India’s politically crucial Uttar Pradesh state, where supporters were celebrating the birthday of Lalji Tandon, the state's opposition leader, when the stampede began.
