Five persons were held after a clash broke out between two groups of the same community over the installation of tiles in Eidgah in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, an official said on Sunday.
"A clash broke out between two groups in Atarwal village of Jalgaon district after a statue was vandalised by unidentified people," Jalgaon SP M Rajkumar said on Saturday.
Over 20 people were arrested after a clash broke out between two groups following a Ram Navami procession, a police official said on Saturday. The police and security personnel are deployed and patrolling the district in wake of the clash.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and taken stock of the situation in the state where violence broke out between two groups when a Ram Navami procession was taken out in Howrah city on Thursday evening, top sources said on Friday.
After violence broke out in West Bengal's Howrah during Ram Navami celebrations, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Locket Chatterjee on Friday said that the lives of Hindus in the state are "under threat".
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak assured all possible help to the businessmen from the government after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday at AR Tower near Hamraj Market in Bansmandi, Kanpur.
Reacting to the violent clash that broke out between two groups during the 'Ram Navami' Shobha Yatra, Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha said that the procession was taken out after permission from the police and such an incident is unfortunate.
As many as six people of people died due to suffocation while two others were injured after a fire broke out in a house at Mazar Wala Road, Machhi Market, Shastri Park, informed police officials on Friday.
The Philippine Coast Guard on Thursday said that search and rescue efforts are ongoing after the fire broke out on the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 at around 11 pm local time as it sailed southwest from Zamboanga province to Jolo, Sulu province.