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2 dead, 7 injured as vehicle heading to PM Modi’s Bilaspur function falls off bridge

An SUV ferrying people to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur fell off a bridge and plunged into a river in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district on Sunday, killing two people and injuring seven others, PTI quoted police as saying. 50 Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh: Earlier in the day, 50 Naxalites surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, PTI quoted the police as saying. They are also impressed by security forces setting up camps and the 'Niya Nellanar' scheme under which forces and the administration are providing basic amenities in remote areas," Bijapur Senior Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav said. The District Reserve Guard, Bastar Fighters, Special Task Force, CRPF and its elite unit CoBRA played a key role in their surrender," Yadav said.

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