Top Congress leaders to meet for CWC meet today; word on elections for new party chief likely

Top Congress leadership are set to meet up on the current political situation, including the Lakhimpur violence, and decide on the organisational elections at a meeting of the party's working committee, today. The meeting of the Congress’ top decision-making body, scheduled to begin by 10:30 am, has been convened after demands from some quarters within the party to discuss important issues, including some defections in the recent past.

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Chhattisgarh: Accused in Jashpur incident arrested, two cops suspended

Two policemen have been suspended after a speeding car allegedly ploughed into a Goddess Durga idol immersion procession in Jashpur district on Friday, killing a person and leaving 17 more injured.

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Punjab Dy CM Sukhjinder Randhawa conducts late night surprise checking of police ‘nakas’ near Indo-Pak border

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa carried out late night surprise visit of police checkpoints near the Indo-Pak International Border in Amritsar district, officials said.

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Singhu border LIVE Updates: Nihang Sarabjit Singh surrenders, to be produced in court today

A day after the gruesome killing of a man at the Singhu border, Sarabjit Singh, a member of the Nihang community will be produced before a court in Sonipat today. Singh had surrendered to the police and claimed responsibility for the barbaric killing of a man at the farmers’ protest in Kundli near the Delhi-Haryana border. Sources said Singh's father Kashmir Singh has also been arrested from Sonipat. The deceased, Lakhbir Singh, was a labourer from Cheema Khurd village in Punjab's Tarn Taran and aged around 35 years. In a video clip that surfaced on social media, some Nihangs were seen standing around the injured man with his severed left hand close to his head. The group could be heard accusing him of desecrating a Sikh holy book. An FIR was registered under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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UP: Five devotees from Agra drown during durga idol immersion

Five people from Uttar Pradesh's Agra drowned in the Parvati river during immersion of a Durga idol in Dholpur, Rajasthan on Friday, said police.

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Sabarimala temple to reopen today, devotees allowed from Sunday

The Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple will reopen today (Saturday) at around 5:00 pm for 'Thula Masam' pooja, a press release issued by The Travancore Devaswom Board said on Thursday.

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J&K: Encounter breaks out between security forces, terrorists in Pulwama; LeT top commander trapped

An encounter broke out between the security forces and terrorists in Pampore's Drangbal area in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

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