A 25-year-old youth was killed and several injured during a clash between two communities that started over water being splashed on one of them and soon snowballed into stone pelting, police said on Monday. Police personnel, including the Provincial Armed Constabulary, have been deployed in large numbers to keep tabs on the simmering tension at Chakeri locality after the incident late Sunday evening.
At least seven people were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh on Monday. According to the police, the incident was reported from Mandi district, where the Mahindra pickup vehicle fell into Suketi Khud (rivulet) at Pulghrat at nearly 2:30 am. One person was also injured in the accident, they said.
Dismissing the speculations, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said no lockdown will be imposed in the national capital, in the wake of the third wave of COVID-19 since it has already peaked out.
The Jharkhand government has banned performing the Chhath Puja on water bodies in the state. The decision by the state government comes in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. According to the guidelines issued by the State Disaster Management Committee late on Sunday, all precautions will be taken by the government to ensure the safety of people amid the pandemic while performing the Chhath Puja. 
The centuries-old tradition of stone-pelting, performed by different groups in Himachal Pradesh's Dhami village to appease Goddess Kali, was given a miss this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Locals of the Dhami village, which is nearly 30 km from state capital Shimla, instead of organising the stone-pelting fair, took out a rally to the temple.
More than a dozen people were injured as violent clashes erupted between two communities in Uttar Pradesh late on Sunday. According to the details, the incident was reported from Pahitipur Bazaar area of Ambedkar Nagar district, during the immersion of idols of Lakshmi and Ganesh. Two of those injured, identified as Sachin Gupta and Raj Tadwani, are in a serious condition and were admitted to the trauma centre in Lucknow for treatment.
Places of religious worship in Maharashtra, which were shut since the imposition of COVID-19 lockdown in March, reopened on Monday with devotees visiting some of the prominent temples and shrines in the state. The reopening of the places of worship coincided with the Diwali ''Padwa'', which is an important festival in the state.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
