Vajpayee's ashes immersed in Bengal's Gangasagar
Kolkata, Aug 24: The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed at Gangasagar on Friday, the confluence of the Ganga river and the Bay of Bengal in West Bengal.
A puja was organised at the Kapil Muni Ashram in Gangasagar in the presence of West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh and other senior party leaders.
The ritual will also be held in the Murshidabad district's Farakka, Hoogly's Tribeni, Nadia's Nabadwip and Siliguri in Darjeeling district.
The procession, known as the 'Asthi Kalash Yatra' (journey with the urn), had commenced from the party's state headquarters on Thursday and reached Gangasagar by evening.
Ghosh had reached Kolkata with the 'Asthi Kalash' (urn) on Wednesday, after it was handed over to him by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.
The BJP has decided to take out 'Asthi Kalash Yatras' in all districts and disperse the ashes in rivers across the country.
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Two siblings from Maharashtra found dead in hotel in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram: Two people, including a woman, from Maharashtra were found dead in a hotel room here on Sunday morning. The deceased are siblings and natives of Pune, police said.
The duo had checked into the hotel last Friday, they added. The hotel staff, who noticed the room remained closed in the morning, soon alerted the police station.
The man was found hanging while the woman was found dead on the bed, police said. A suicide note was recovered from the room, which indicated that the duo had neither a home nor a job.
"A suicide note was recovered and based on further investigation only we can say more details," a top police officer, who examined the spot said.
An investigation is underway to determine why the couple came to Thiruvananthapuram and what led them to take such an extreme step, the police said.
