Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct. 19 (ANI): More than 50 people were dead after a train ran into people watching Dussehra celebrations near train track in Amritsar's Choura Bazar on Friday.
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Setting an example of communal harmony, a Muslim family in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur city has been making Ravana effigies for Dussehra celebrations for decades.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against 60 to 70 members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal for engaging in celebratory fire as part of Dussehra celebration in Agra on Saturday.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): At least one person died, while seven others were injured in Ghaziabad last night, when a car rammed into a group of people, who were on their way to take part in Dussehra celebrations.
Mumbai [India], Oct 12 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday dubbed Prime Minister's visit to Lucknow for Dussehra celebrations as a politically astute attempt to strengthen the BJP's hold in Uttar Pradesh before next year's assembly polls.
New Delhi [India], Oct. 11 (ANI): As the festival of Vijaya Dashmi is being celebrated with religious enthusiasm across the country today marking the victory of good over evil, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have greeted the people on the eve of Dussehra.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct. 10 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Lucknow to attend the Dussehra celebrations as politically motivated with an eye on the upcoming state assembly polls.
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], Oct. 9 (ANI): Dussehra is celebrated to mark the victory of good over evil, when Lord Rama killed the demon king Ravana.