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Politics erupts over Ram Navami in Bengal as PM Modi, CM Mamata cross swords

KOLKATA: On the eve of Ram Navami, politics erupted over the celebration of the festival in West Bengal as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee crossed swords with each other. At a rally in Balurghat, Modi targeted the ruling Trinamool Congress, saying the party had “tried its best to stop Ram Navami celebrations” in Bengal and thanked …

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Ram Navami violence | The teens who held aloft swords and iron rods

On the afternoon of March 31, a day after Ram Navami, a crowd of over 2,000 people gathered at the Shram Kalyan Maidan in Nalanda’s Biharsharif. In the violence that ensued, at least 250 petrol bombs went off in the mosque complex, the Azizia madrasa’s 100-year-old library with over 4,500 rare books of Islamic literature was destroyed by the fire, …

700 people injured while performing with swords, sticks on Ram Navami in Hazaribag

Around 700 people were injured while playing with swords and sticks during Ram Navami celebrations in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, officials said on April 1. Braving heavy rains, 91 akharas took part in the centuries-old celebrations in the town's Boddom Bazar in Bada Thakur Bari area, the officials said. Peaceful immersion In East Singhbhum, 27 akhara committees of Jamshedpur, who could …

No internet, large gatherings banned in Odisha town after clashes over Ram Navami rally

Odisha’s Keonjhar District administration on Tuesday suspended internet services and extended prohibitory orders under Section 144 till 10 am tomorrow, following clashes between two groups over the Ram Navami celebrations. As per reports, a religious group was planning to take out an “akhada” procession to a Shiv temple in the district's Joda town. However, the district administration denied them permission …

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