The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, New Delhi

Police say at least 68 pilgrims - including 30 children - have been killed in a stampede at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India.

Senior police officer C. P. Verma said 30 children and 38 women were killed in the crush at the Naina Devi Temple in northern India's Himachal Pradesh state.

More than 40 others were wounded and police were in the process of trying to evacuate them to hospital, he said.

Police and media outlets say at least five religious pilgrims have been killed during a stampede at a Hindu temple in northern India.

Police officer Sita Ram said there had been a stampede Sunday at the Naina Devi Temple in India's Himachal state. However, he had no details on casualties. The Press Trust of India news agency quoted Himachal police chief S. R. Mardi as saying that "five devotees were killed in the stampede which took place after a railing on the way to the temple collapsed."

However, other media reports said the toll may be as high as 68.