Top opposition leaders attend Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind's Eid Milan
New Delhi, June 20: In a show of opposition unity, top leaders from various opposition parties including Ahmed Patel, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and Sitaram Yechury attended an Eid Milan hosted by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind here on Wednesday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also attended the reception hosted by Jamiat President Maulana Syed Arshad Madani, coming a day after he called off his nine-day sit-in protest at the Raj Niwas.
Among other top leaders who attended the Eid Milan included Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot, Harish Rawat and Deepender Hooda.
Besides Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav, Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Yechury and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, Trinamool Congress' Dinesh Trivedi, Bahujan Samaj Party leader Satish Chandra Mishra, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhuri, Aam Aadmi Party's Sanjay Singh and CPI-M)'s Mohammed Salim were also present.
Former Vice President Hamid Ansari also attended the programme.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi had also hosted an Iftar party last week which was attended by former President Pranab Mukherjee and several opposition leaders.
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Three trampled to death by wild elephants in Jharkhand's Ramgarh
Ramgarh (PTI): Three persons, including an elderly man, were trampled to death by wild elephants in two separate incidents in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Friday, police said.
Both incidents happened within the Gola police station limits. One incident occurred at Banda village, where two persons died, while the second took place at Murpa village, where an elderly man was trampled to death by wild elephants, they said.
"Three people were killed by wild elephants on Friday at two different locations. All three were male. The bodies of the deceased have been recovered and are being sent for post-mortem examination at a government hospital," Officer in-charge of Gola police station, Abhishek Kumar, told PTI.
The deceased have been identified as Dheeraj Kumar (26) of Talatand in Patratu, Jugal Bhuiyan (30) of Murpa village, and Samdev Saw (73) of Murpa village, another police officer said.
"We have provided Rs 25,000 each to the victims' families as immediate relief, while the rest of the compensation will be given after completion of some official formalities," said DFO, Ramgarh, Nitish Kumar.
The Jharkhand government provides Rs 4 lakh as compensation in case of death caused by an elephant.
