Three women warkaris (devotees of Lord Vitthal) were killed and four others injured after a truck accompanying a waari procession ran over them in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Monday morning, police said.
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Escalating his confrontation with the CPI(M), former minister and Ambalapuzha MLA G Sudhakaran on Monday took a fresh swipe at the party leadership, suggesting that its leaders attend a “school for the elderly” to learn how to behave with the public.
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Legendary playback singer S Janaki passed away at a private hospital in Mysuru on Saturday due to age-related ailments, family sources said. She was 88.
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CPI (M) leader Lahek Ali has been arrested in connection with the violence that erupted during protests over the rape and murder of a girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur, police said on Sunday.
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Violence broke out in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia district on Saturday after supporters of senior BJP leader Narottam Mishra clashed with police and blocked National Highway-44 over the party’s decision to deny him a ticket for the July 30 assembly bypoll.
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Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) chief and Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad on Saturday alleged that police used excessive force against people protesting the murder of a Dalit student in Meerut.
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A 61-year-old Amarnath Yatra pilgrim from Nepal died after falling critically ill while returning from the holy cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Banihal, officials said on Friday.
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Heavy monsoon rains lashing Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district for the past 36 hours have caused widespread disruption, forcing the Paonta administration to declare a holiday for all educational institutions on Friday as a precautionary measure.
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A 100-metre stretch of the Yamunotri National Highway near Syanachatti in Uttarkashi district was damaged after a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall, disrupting traffic on the crucial Char Dham pilgrimage route, officials said on Friday.
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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday urged Dalits and other marginalised communities to seek justice through constitutional and democratic means rather than resorting to street protests, stressing that political empowerment through the ballot remains the most effective way to safeguard their rights and interests.
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