What PublicMemory does
News moves on. Governments move on. PublicMemory does not. We track what broke, who was responsible, and what action — if any — followed.
Every case below shows what happened, what was done, and what is still unresolved.
10 of 10 cases
On the evening of 27 July 2024, the basement library of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi, flooded within minutes during heavy monsoon rain. Three UPSC aspirants studying there — Shreya Yadav (25),…
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On the evening of 2 June 2023, three trains collided near Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha's Balasore district. The Coromandel Express was wrongly routed onto a loop line where a goods train stood parked, and hit it at…
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On 2 July 2024, a religious gathering (satsang) led by self-styled preacher Suraj Pal, known as Bhole Baba, ended in a deadly crush in Fulrai village, Hathras. As the preacher left in his convoy, tens of thousands of…
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From early September 2025, infants and toddlers in Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, who were given a common cold-and-cough syrup called Coldrif began developing sudden, severe kidney failure. Over the following…
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On the evening of April 30, 2026, a government-run cruise boat called Narmada Queen capsized in the Bargi Dam reservoir near Jabalpur, carrying around 40 people. A sudden storm with winds up to 70 km/h hit while…
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Asha Kiran, a Delhi government-run home for people with intellectual disabilities in Rohini, recorded 28 deaths between January 2024 and August 2024, with 14 of them inside a single 20-day window in July. Inmates died…
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On July 7, 2026, a hillside of loose, excavated soil collapsed at the Kalladi site of the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi twin-tunnel project in Kerala's Wayanad district. Triggered by heavy monsoon rain, the slide of mud,…
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On 29 January 2025, multiple crowd crushes broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj during the most sacred bathing day of the festival, Mauni Amavasya, when an estimated 100 million pilgrims were present. The…
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On 3 May 2026, over 2.27 million students sat for NEET-UG, India's only national medical entrance exam. Within days, a chemistry teacher in Sikar, Rajasthan noticed that a 'guess paper' circulating among students…
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