ARARIA: Nearly 20 people who were part of a Muharram procession in Bihar’s Araria district sustained burn injuries when a tazia being carried came in contact with a high-voltage overhead cable, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Sub divisional officer Aniket Kumar said the incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in Pipra Bijwar village under Palasi police station …
LUCKNOW: Four people died and 26 injured in separate incidents while tazia processions were being taken out on Muharram on Wednesday in Gonda, Pratapgarh, Ballia, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Kannauj districts, police said. In another incident in Telianpurwa village of the Itiathok area, four people were electrocuted when a tazia touched an overhead power cable. In Kannauj in an area …
Two people were killed and 52 sustained burn injuries after the music system of a "tazia" came within the electromagnetic field of high-tension wires in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha. The 'tazia' came within the range of the magnetic field of the electricity wire, which led to the accident," Langeh told PTI. In a separate incident in Bareilly, seven people sustained burns …
