Indian police have detained five people after a fireworks display at a Hindu temple set off explosions and fire killing 108 people Air Huarache Sale , an officer said on Monday, in one of the worst accidents at a religious festival.
Thousands of people were gathered at the temple at Kollam in the southern state of Kerala on Sunday for the pyrotechnic show to mark the start of the Hindu year when sparks ignited a cache of fireworks stored inside the temple grounds.
The district administration said it had not given permission for the fireworks display following complaints of noise and pollution.
Police officer Anantha Krishnan said the five taken into custody were employees of a fireworks manufacturer who was given the contract for running the show at the Puttingal Devi temple.
The head of the manufacturing unit was injured, one of 380 people who were in hospitals across the state with burns as well as injuries caused by flying concrete and debris.
But police had not been able to reach members of the temple management, Krishnan said.
Kerala is studded with temples managed by rich and powerful trusts that often flout local regulations. Each year temples hold fireworks displays Air Huarache Utility , often competing to stage the most spectacular ones, with judges who decide the winners.
On Monday, grieving relatives of the victims were scouring the temple grounds for possessions of their loved ones among the shoes, handbags and other articles strewn in a pile of debris and a puddle Air Huarache Pink , dark red with blood.
"There were so many men and women lying on the ground, lifeless," said Anish Kumar, a resident.
The scale of the tragedy has ignited demands that fireworks shows be banned at crowded places in Kerala. The chief of the state unit of the Indian Medical Association Air Huarache Grey , A. V. Jayakrishna, said he planned to file a petition before the Kerala High Court on Monday curbing the use of fireworks.
Such has been the outrage across the nation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Kollam within a few hours with a team of doctors.
BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Nestle and Alibaba announced plans Sunday to upgrade their partnership.
The world's largest food retailer will launch its biggest e-commerce campaign ever with its diverse products, spanning 30 brands from coffee to baby formula, being sold on Alibaba's expansive e-commerce platforms such as Tmall.
"Our partnership with Alibaba is all about the consumer. What is so exciting about China as a market is not only its size or population, but that Chinese consumers are a step ahead of consumers in other markets in the digital way they consume," Wan Ling Martello, executive vice president with Nestle overseeing the Asian, Oceanian and African markets, told a press conference scheduled to mark the company's 150-year anniversary.
China is the right place to start Nestle's next 150-year growth story as Chinese consumers have a more developed understanding and are quicker to adopt new consumption technologies than their global peers and have great passion for innovation, she added.
China's consumption pattern and manner have evolved fast and consumption is becoming increasingly digital with more young consumers choosing to shop online, said Zhang Yong, Alibaba CEO.
The volume of online purchases surged by more than 12 times from January 2011 to April 2016 in China, while per capita consumption grew by 27 percent, according to a joint report released by Alibaba's financial services platform Ant Financial and a private economics research institute.
Nestle strengthened its global capabilities in e-commerce by signing a strategic cooperation partnership with Alibaba in late 2015 to increase its online sales and build its brands. In 2015, half of Nestle's sales in China were online.
BANGKOK, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a warning for Thais that tropical storm Doksuri has approached the northern province Nan, with widespread rains and gusty winds expected in the north and northeast.
With maximum sustained winds of about 55 km per hour Air Huarache Red , the storm is forecast to decline to a low pressure system.
The country's northern and northeastern areas have been wreaked havoc by Doksuri, with houses, public facilities and farmland damaged. The storm brought heavy rains along its path, causing flooding Air Huarache Triple White , overflowing of rivers, landslides, mudslides in several provinces.
In some northern provinces, trees are uprooted Air Huarache Triple Black , power poles pulled down and traffic snarls reported. Some communities are swamped by floodwater. Main roads of some provinces have been inundated by water of one to two meters deep.
Authorities have warned people to brace for severe weather conditions and possible flash floods.
Thailand has been ravaged by storms and floods in the past two months. In August, flash floods resulted from storms and torrential downpours affected more than 30 provinces and claimed 23 lives.
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LONDON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Tim Farron Air Huarache White , leader of the Liberal Democrats in Britain, announced Wednesday he was quitting.
His decision comes less than a week after seeing his party make gains in the general election.
Farron took over what is considered the third party in British politics after his predecessor, Nick Clegg stood down in 2015.
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