News in numbers: Sabarimala protests, reward for information on Amritsar blast, and more

November 20, 2018 08:04 am | Updated August 19, 2022 10:01 am IST

The Delhi Metro is now 317 km long FilePhoto

The Delhi Metro is now 317 km long FilePhoto

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Devotees taken into preventive custody at the Sabarimala Temple as fresh protests broke out at Nadapanthal area in Sannidhanam. Superintendent of Police (special officer) Pratheesh Kumar said that 28 people were detained for violating Section 144 that prohibits assembly of more than four people at a spot. A five-judge bench led by Ranjan Gogoi is set to re-examine the earlier verdict on January 22, 2019.

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People who lost their lives after a fire broke out in a factory in Beodonpura in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh. The deceased have been identified as Bagan Prsahad (55), RM Naresh 40, Aarti (20) and Asha (40). Ajit,25, who was injured, is now being treated at a hospital.

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Death toll in the California wildfires according to latest reports. Thousand others still remain unaccounted for after flames engulfed the rural town of Paradise. According to authorities, the fire was 65% contained on Sunday.

₹ 50 lakhs

Reward for anybody providing information on those involved in the Amritsar blast case which led to the death of three people, including a preacher. Twenty others were injured after two motorcycle men threw a grenade at a religious congregation inside the Nirankari Bhavan prayer hall at Adliwal Village near Amritsar on Sunday.

317 Km

The entire span of the Delhi Metro network after the Escorts Mujesar-Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) section of the Violet Line (3.2 km-long) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

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