For more than 20 years, people from adjoining villages would gather at the vacant plot at Joda Phatak, barely 50 metres from railway tracks, to witness the burning of Ravana effigy as part of Dussehra celebrations.
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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Friday ordered an inquiry into the tragic Amritsar train accident in which at least 58 people were killed and 72 injured and declared one-day mourning in the state on Saturday.
Around 300 people of 61 families have fled and at least one house was torched in a clash between two communities in West Tripura district over alleged molestation of a tribal girl, police said Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday approved a financial relief of Rs 2 lakh for the family of each deceased in the Amritsar train accident and Rs 50,000 for the injured, a spokesperson said.
At least 58 people were killed and 72 injured Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said.
The body of a 23-year-old Ola cab driver was found with head injuries at an agricultural field near Gopalpura village here, police said Friday.
The BJP's Goa unit on Friday said there would be no change of leadership in the coastal state.
An assistant sub-inspector who was deployed to maintain law and order in a village here allegedly harassed women during Durga pooja celebration following which he was beaten up by angry crowd, police said Friday.
Kiss of Love activist Rashmi nair has alleged that BJP leader K.Surendran had met Rehana, who tried to enter Sabarimala temple on Friday, several times in Mangaluru. She also said that Rehana's Sabarimala pilgrimage was a part of conspiracy to create communal tension over this issue.
