At least six devotees were killed and 50 injured in a stampede during pulling of Jagannath Rath in Puri on Friday, police said.
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Central Bureau of Investigation Special Court Judge Shiv Pal Singh, hearing the case, was quick to reply, "Then play the tabla (musical instrument)".
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The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday has expressed its full faith and confidence in its jailed leader Lalu Prasad and his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi to lead the party.
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District Collector Kashinath Sahu said he had asked the local tehsildar and the police to look into the matter and settle the row.
While Patnaik was finally allowed to jump the queue, his cabinet colleagues and a ruling Biju Janata Dal MP had to finally return disappointed.
More than 44,000 chemists and druggists across Maharashtra will go on a two-day strike on January 11 and 12 to protest the 'draconian' measure by the Food and Drug Administration, which proposed withdrawal of licences in case of any violation.
More than 44,000 chemists and druggists across Maharashtra would go on a two-day strike on January 11 and 12
There have been four ceasefire violations along the LoC in Poonch in March.
These forms of address have been seen as relics of a colonial past.
'Those who thought they are above law and above courts of the country are now approaching courts praying bail; some people have already gone inside (jail) which is their rightful place.'
Security forces were put on high alert across the country with strict vigil being maintained around religious places and communally sensitive areas in the wake of the terrorist attack in Ayodhya on Tuesday morning.
At least four people were killed and four critically injured when an over 100-year-old house collapsed in the temple town of Puri on Sunday.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Madhu Jain sent Balvinder Singh and Jagannath Yadav to police custody till June 10 after police sought time for their interrogation.
Rana, a class 8 student of a local school at Pipli, began running only about a fortnight ago.
Lalu is accused in five of the 39 cases related to the scam.
Four-year-old Budhia Singh ran a marathon covering 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar in seven hours two minutes
'Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota is exactly why Hindi cinema needs more film-makers who know a South Indian language,' notes J Jagannath.
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Ajay Bahadur Singh could not become a doctor because of family and financial constraints. He now helps financially challenged students from Bhubaneshwar become doctors.
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The court had on March 19 held the 69-year-old Rashtriya Janata Dal chief guilty along with 18 others in connection with the case - RC 38 A/96.
The four rebels are -- Prasanna Patsani, Prabhat Samantray, Kumudini Patnaik, wife of former state Finance Minister Ramakrushna Patnaik, and Jagannath Mallick.
Transportation of essential commodities like milk, gas cylinders and medicine within the state has been exempted from the strike.
There are several other famous temples across India that disallow non-Hindus to enter their place of worship, Rediff.com lists some of them.
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