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Canada Sikh student attacked, turban ripped, dragged by hair in British Columbia
The incident happened when the victim, Gagandeep Singh, was on his way to his home after grocery shopping.

A horrific incident has come to light from Canada’s British Province area where a Sikh man from India was thrashed by an unidentified group of people on Friday night. The incident happened when the victim, Gagandeep Singh, was on his way to his home after grocery shopping.
A group of around 12-15 people attacked the 21-year-old Singh, ripped off his turban and dragged him across the sidewalk by his hair. Councillor Mohini Singh immediately rushed to see him after she heard his screams.
Mohini said Gagandeep’s eyes were swollen shut and he was in significant pain. She added that he could only speak in soft tones and he couldn’t open his mouth
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Narrating the incident, Mohini said Gagandeep was heading home around 10:30 pm after grocery shopping when he encountered a group of between 12 and 15 other young people on the bus. It was St. Patrick’s Day and a rowdy group was on the bus.
They harassed him and threw the wig at him. He told them not to bother him or he would call the police but still, they continued to harass him. Gagandeep got off the bus and they got off after him and waited for the bus to leave to attack him.
She added that the group surrounded him, beat him in the face, ribs, arms, and legs, and then began to drag him while grabbing his turban and pulling his hair. The gang left Gagandeep in a heap of soiled snow at the side of the road, taking the turban with them. After he regained consciousness, Gagandeep contacted a friend who arrived on the scene and dialled 911.
The Kelowna Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in a statement, confirmed that they are investigating the matter and will take necessary action after the probe is done.
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Railway Board recommends CBI investigation into Odisha train accident, says Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Earlier in the day the Minister speaking to the reporters at the Crash site in Balasore informed that the root cause behind the accident has been identified and will soon be revealed.

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday, has informed about the Railway Board’s recommendation of Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) probe into the tragic train accident in Odisha on June 2 claiming the lives of almost 300 people and more the 1000 injured.
Vaishnaw while speaking to the media at Bhubaneswar said, taking the administrative information into consideration, the Railway Board has been recommending the entire case to CBI for the probe into the matter.
Earlier in the day the Minister speaking to the reporters at the Crash site in Balasore informed that the root cause behind the accident has been identified and will soon be revealed.
Vaishnaw also had said that the enquiry into the matter has been completed by the Railway Commissioner and the report will be submitted soon.
Vaishnaw added that all the dead bodies were recovered from the crash site along with the completion of the rescue operations, the restoration work and the clearance of the wreckage is underway and will be completed by Wednesday morning to bring back a normalcy in the operation of trains.
On Friday evening, near the Bahanaga Railway station in Balasore district of Odisha, in a heart-wrenching turn of events, three trains collided that included two superfast express trains and one stationery train.
In the dreadful mishap, nearly 300 people were killed and more than 1000 people travelling in the train were injured.
Heart-breaking visuals of corpses being transported in trucks and tractors from the accident spot also surfaced.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Railway Minister Vaishnaw along other senior officials of the state and Central government visited ground-zero to take stock of the situation and the rescue operations.
The Centre and the state government have also announced compensation worth Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh respectively to the deceased’s family members.
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Odisha train accident: Police issues warning for spreading false statement provoking communal disturbance to social media users
Some pictures have been viral, showing a white building structure next to the railway track where the dreadful tragedy took place. Reports said, the structure in the viral image is the Bahanaga ISKCON temple and not a mosque.

In the wake of the horrific train accident in Balasore on Friday evening, Odisha Police today has appealed to social media users to not to circulate false statements regarding the train accident stating that many social media handles are giving communal colour to the tragic train accident, which is highly unfortunate.
Since the horrific accident took place, internet is flooded with crash site images and visuals along with information related to it. While, some information shared by the users appear to be true, some seem spreading news and some are appearing to be communally provoking, which is after the said decision has been taken by the Odisha Police.
On different social media platforms, people are sharing images of the spot where the train collided, claiming a white structure near the spot is a mosque alleging that the Muslim community is responsible for the accident.
Some pictures have been viral, showing a white building structure next to the railway track where the dreadful tragedy took place. Reports said, the structure in the viral image is the Bahanaga ISKCON temple and not a mosque.
The Odisha Police said the investigation to find out the cause of the accident is being done by the GRP Odisha and appealed to prevent from circulating false and ill-motivated posts.
It has also warned of a legal action against those trying to create a communal dis-balance by spreading rumors.
Meanwhile, the authorities of the ISKCON temple in Bahanaga have accepted that the train accident happened on the tracks is near the temple and also confirmed that the ISKCON temple is visible close to the crash site.
In a shocking turn of events, a train accident on June 2 near Bahanaga railway station in Balasore district of Odisha killed nearly 300 people and more than 1000 inured.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today informed, all the dead bodies have been recovered and the injured have been rescued from the site and the restoration work is currently underway, expected to be end by Wednesday.
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2 year-old girl in Gujarat declared dead after being rescued from inside a bore well
According to Jamnagar Taluka Development Officer N A Sarvaiya, the rescue effort that Army and NDRF soldiers lasted all night.

A 2-year old girl child declared dead after was rescued from a bore well, into which she fell and was stuck for more than 21 hours in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district.
On Saturday, at around 9:30 am, Roshni, fell down inside a bore well, as soon as the local administration received information about the incident, around 11 am, it launched a rescue operation involving the fire department personnel.
The girl was stuck around 25-30 feet deep in the bore well. The incident took place in Tamachan hamlet, near the border of Jamwantli in Jamnagar tehsil
The rescue operation lasted for 21 hours and Roshni was with the assistance of the NDRF at about 5:45 am on Sunday.
She was immediately rushed to the GG Hospital in the city, where doctors after examination declared her dead. Roshni’s body has been sent for post-mortem, after the examination, the child’s body will be returned to her parents.
Roshni was the daughter of a labour working in the farm, where she got trapped inside the bore well. Roshni’s family is from Devpura in Madhya Pradesh.
According to Jamnagar Taluka Development Officer N A Sarvaiya, the rescue effort that Army and NDRF soldiers lasted all night.
A private bore well robot technology was also used in the rescue operation to fill the borewell with water.
Similar cases have been reported in the past, earlier in June last year, a two-year-old child fell into a bore well at a farm, the child was fortunately rescued with the efforts of multiple teams of disaster management soldiers, fire department officials, police and author authorities of the administration.
In 2010, the Supreme Court had issued guidelines to set up barbed wire fencing around the tube wells during construction, using steel plate covers fixed with bolts over the well assembly and filling up bore wells from the bottom to the ground level, to prevent any such incidents.
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