Poisoned Prasad

A 65-year-old woman died and 135 others were hospitalised in a suspected case of food poisoning in Hoskote in Bengaluru Rural limits, police said on Monday.

Grandchildren of Batak Mian, a cook who defied the orders of a British officer to poison Mahatma Gandhi during Champaran Satyagraha in 1917, still await the entire land promised later by independent India's first President Rajendra Prasad in 1952.

The comments from the state government come in the wake of a protest staged by the company's employees last week, where they complained that as many as 100 workers suffered from food poisoning after eating at a facility allegedly run by the firm.

At least 200 people were taken ill due to food poisoning after consuming "prasad" at a religious function in Hojai district of Assam, officials said on Thursday.

Two people from Rajasthan's Banswara district died due to food poisoning and 21 others were taken ill after consuming ''prasad'' at a temple in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Monday.

Over 40 children fell severely ill after eating snacks at a school in Jharkhand's Lohardaga on Sunday. Two of them are critical, news agency ANI quoted a doctor at the local hospital.

Three women were arrested Tuesday in connection with the poisoning of ''prasad'' at a temple in Karnataka's Chikkaballapura district, police said.

One more woman devotee died after consuming suspected poisoned temple food at Chintamani town in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district, police said on Sunday.

A 45-year-old man undergoing treatment after eating poison-laced 'prasad' at a temple in Karnataka died Friday, taking the number of deaths to 16 in the incident allegedly perpetrated by a seer over a turf war, an official said.

A local seer was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the poisoning of prasad at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar that killed 15 people.

One more woman died at a hospital in Mysuru today, taking the number of dead in the case of poisoned devotional offering or prasad at a temple in Chamarajnagar in southern Karnataka to 15.

The Karnataka government today said that the prasad in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district contained substances dangerous for human consumption. The death toll in the incident today reached 14.

The number of dead in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district rose to 13 with two more deaths on Sunday, Health Department officials said.

Outside the emergency ward of KR hospital in Mysuru, families are fighting back tears and worrying for their loved ones. Those who fell sick after consuming poisonous temple prasad that claimed 11 lives in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka were brought here, some in critical condition. They are being treated for vomiting, diarrhoea and respirator...

Two people have been arrested after 11 people died and over 90 were hospitalised after consuming religious food offering - or prasad - at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district on Friday, a minister in the state cabinet said.

A 65-year-old woman died and 135 others were hospitalised in a suspected case of food poisoning in Hoskote in Bengaluru Rural limits, police said on Monday.

Grandchildren of Batak Mian, a cook who defied the orders of a British officer to poison Mahatma Gandhi during Champaran Satyagraha in 1917, still await the entire land promised later by independent India's first President Rajendra Prasad in 1952.

The comments from the state government come in the wake of a protest staged by the company's employees last week, where they complained that as many as 100 workers suffered from food poisoning after eating at a facility allegedly run by the firm.

At least 200 people were taken ill due to food poisoning after consuming "prasad" at a religious function in Hojai district of Assam, officials said on Thursday.

Two people from Rajasthan's Banswara district died due to food poisoning and 21 others were taken ill after consuming ''prasad'' at a temple in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Monday.

Over 40 children fell severely ill after eating snacks at a school in Jharkhand's Lohardaga on Sunday. Two of them are critical, news agency ANI quoted a doctor at the local hospital.

Three women were arrested Tuesday in connection with the poisoning of ''prasad'' at a temple in Karnataka's Chikkaballapura district, police said.

One more woman devotee died after consuming suspected poisoned temple food at Chintamani town in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district, police said on Sunday.

A 45-year-old man undergoing treatment after eating poison-laced 'prasad' at a temple in Karnataka died Friday, taking the number of deaths to 16 in the incident allegedly perpetrated by a seer over a turf war, an official said.

A local seer was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the poisoning of prasad at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar that killed 15 people.

One more woman died at a hospital in Mysuru today, taking the number of dead in the case of poisoned devotional offering or prasad at a temple in Chamarajnagar in southern Karnataka to 15.

The Karnataka government today said that the prasad in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district contained substances dangerous for human consumption. The death toll in the incident today reached 14.

The number of dead in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district rose to 13 with two more deaths on Sunday, Health Department officials said.

Outside the emergency ward of KR hospital in Mysuru, families are fighting back tears and worrying for their loved ones. Those who fell sick after consuming poisonous temple prasad that claimed 11 lives in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka were brought here, some in critical condition. They are being treated for vomiting, diarrhoea and respirator...

Two people have been arrested after 11 people died and over 90 were hospitalised after consuming religious food offering - or prasad - at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district on Friday, a minister in the state cabinet said.