Except coastal area, state will celebrate Eid-ul Fitr on Saturday
Bengaluru, June 14: Excluding coastal region, all other parts of the state would celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday, according to state moon sighting committee convener Maulana Sageer Ahmed Khan.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting of the Moon Sighting Committee at the Wakf Board central office on Cunningham Road in the city on Thursday, Khan said that as the Committee did not get information on sighting moon in any parts of the state, it was decided to celebrate Ramzan on Saturday. But after confirming the fact that the Shawwal Moon was sighted at Calicut in Kerala, the Khajis appealed the Muslims to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in the coastal area on Friday.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
