Police blame ‘near-crush’ incidents for cut-back Diwali

Police blame ‘near-crush’ incidents for cut-back Diwali

MPs are calling for more police to allow the event to take place in full

leicester’s diwali celebrations all but cancelled this year – The Times of India

LONDON: Leicester’s Diwali celebrations this year have been significantly scaled back, despite once having been the largest Diwali celebration in the world outside India.Labour-run Leicester city council has announced all the activities will be cancelled apart from lighting up Diwali lanterns on lampposts and a road closure.In previous years the festival saw a Diwali village consisting of a funfair, stage hosting music and dance, food stalls, an…