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Four electrocuted during church festival in Tirunelveli

On: September 8, 2016

Tirunelveli: Four devotees were today electrocuted and 20 others suffered injuries, when a palanquin carrying the statue of ‘Velankanni Matha’ in a village in the district, came in contact with a high tension wire, police said. The incident occurred around 8.30 a.m. when hundreds of people had gathered in theContinue Reading

Ten electrocuted, one killed in police firing in Assam town

By: Matters India

On: April 13, 2016

In: National

Guwahati: Altogether 11 persons were killed, ten in a bizarre incident of electrocution and one in police firing on Monday at Pengeri, a small township in Tinsukia district bordering Arunachal Pradesh, with the district administration calling in the Army to carry out a flag-march after curfew was imposed in the area.Continue Reading