Despite counselling from authorities and advise against conducting the stick fight, locals remain insistent each year and report several injuries and in some cases, even death.
Till late night, the situation in Malpura showed no signs of improvement even as senior officials reached the town to pacify the protesters. Some shops were also torched during the clashes.
Rajasthan: A fight erupted between two groups during celebrations of the Dussehra Festival in Tonk. Police personnel have been deployed.
Rafale is finally here. The latest addition to India's aerial firepower was handed to Indian Air Force (IAF) in a ceremony in France. India's defence minister Rajnath Singh accepted the fighter aircraft on country's behalf.
As Rafale fighter jet was handed over to India on Dussehra, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed the traditional Shastra Puja as a mark of respect for the newest addition to India's firepower. But what is Shastra Puja or Ayudha Puja?
India's tallest Ravana effigy with a height of 221 feet, constructed here at an outlay of Rs 50 lakh, went up in flames on Tuesday to mark the Dussehra festival.
PM Modi says, "During the festival season, it is necessary to kill the evils of the society. It is our responsibility."
Dussehra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Delhi's Dwarka for Ravan Dhahan.
Sidhu and his wife had promised to provide government jobs to the kin of each victim, to adopt children who had lost their earning parents and help widows meet life expenses.
Dussehra marks the victory of good over evil.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said lynching is a "western construct" and should not be used in the Indian context to defame the country. He was addressing the Vijayadashmi function of the RSS at Reshimbagh ground in Maharashtra's Nagpur city,
The RSS has also come up with its own Internet-based radio channel to broadcast RSS chief's speech at the event. Dussehra holds a special importance for sarsanghchalaks as the RSS was founded on this day in 1925.
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Dussehra event organised by Dwarka Sri Ram Leela Society at DDA Ground in Dwarka Sector 10.
Dussehra is a festival of victory of divine and defeat of the evil. Ravan, the mythological villain from Ramayana is considered to be the embodiment of all things evil and his effigy is burnt during Dussehra celebrations.
A 20-ft Ravana effigy made of plastic waste will be dismantled mechanically rather than being burnt, as is the tradition, during the Dussehra celebrations here on Tuesday to promote environment conservation.
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Vijayadasami marks the launch of good initiatives like the beginning of new education, industrial ventures. Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader TTV Dhinakaran also extended his greetings on the occasion.
According to Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Inderkant Dwivedi, the prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) were clamped in the area on Monday evening in view of the upcoming festivals of Muharram and Dussehra.
The statements of more than 150 people including railway officials and eyewitnesses were recorded.
The complaint claimed all security personnel present at the venue were engaged in providing safety and security to Kaur, instead of controlling the crowd.
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