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Petrol bomb hurled towards Shiv Mandir in Meghalaya

Shillong, Oct 18 (UNI) A petrol bomb was hurled towards the Shiv Mandir compound, while a two-wheeler was set on fire by miscreants in the Mawbah locality of Meghalaya late Saturday night. No one was injured in the incident, police said on Sunday.
A police official said that the bomb got entangled in electric wires, and the bottle fell onto the main road, around 70 metres from the main gate of the Shiv Mandir Puja Mandap.
Eyewitnesses reported a loud noise outside before spotting the unexploded petrol bomb near a scooter and a momo stall. They also witnessed an electrical wire catch fire.
District police chief of East Khasi Hills, Vivek Syiem said that investigation is underway to ascertain the matter and identify the perpetrators behind the incident.
Meanwhile, the Central Puja Committee, an apex body of Hindu religious organisations, has written to Chief Secretary Dr. Shakil P. Ahammed urging him to deploy additional security in all the Puja pandals to ensure a peaceful and incidence free celebration for the next four days of Durga Puja celebration.
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LUCKNOW ,OCT 18 (UNI)-A Hindu priest performs the sacred Maha Saptami Aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp (Panchapradip) before the idol of Goddess Durga during the grand Durga Puja celebrations at the Bengali Club in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D316U

LUCKNOW ,OCT 18 (UNI)-A Hindu priest performs the sacred Maha Saptami Aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp (Panchapradip) before the idol of Goddess Durga during the grand Durga Puja celebrations at the Bengali Club in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D315U

LUCKNOW ,OCT 18 (UNI)-A Hindu priest performs the sacred Maha Saptami Aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp (Panchapradip) before the idol of Goddess Durga during the grand Durga Puja celebrations at the Bengali Club in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D314U

LUCKNOW ,OCT 18 (UNI)-A Hindu priest performs the sacred Maha Saptami Aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp (Panchapradip) before the idol of Goddess Durga during the grand Durga Puja celebrations at the Bengali Club in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D313U

LUCKNOW ,OCT 18 (UNI)-A Hindu priest performs the sacred Maha Saptami Aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp (Panchapradip) before the idol of Goddess Durga during the grand Durga Puja celebrations at the Bengali Club in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D312U

LUCKNOW ,OCT 18 (UNI)-A Hindu priest performs the sacred Maha Saptami Aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp (Panchapradip) before the idol of Goddess Durga during the grand Durga Puja celebrations at the Bengali Club in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D311U

LUCKNOW ,OCT 18 (UNI)-A Hindu priest performs the sacred Maha Saptami Aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp (Panchapradip) before the idol of Goddess Durga during the grand Durga Puja celebrations at the Bengali Club in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D310U

LUCKNOW ,OCT 18 (UNI)-A Hindu priest performs the sacred Maha Saptami Aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp (Panchapradip) before the idol of Goddess Durga during the grand Durga Puja celebrations at the Bengali Club in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D309U

UJJAIN, OCT 18 (UNI)-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav attends the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Mahakalpuram project being developed by Manav Bal Kalyan Samiti (Vidya Bharati) at Jiapura on Badnagar Road in Ujjain, on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D308U

UJJAIN, OCT 18 (UNI)-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav attends the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Mahakalpuram project being developed by Manav Bal Kalyan Samiti (Vidya Bharati) at Jiapura on Badnagar Road in Ujjain, on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D307U

UJJAIN, OCT 18 (UNI)-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav attends the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Mahakalpuram project being developed by Manav Bal Kalyan Samiti (Vidya Bharati) at Jiapura on Badnagar Road in Ujjain, on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D306U

UJJAIN, OCT 18 (UNI)-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav attends the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Mahakalpuram project being developed by Manav Bal Kalyan Samiti (Vidya Bharati) at Jiapura on Badnagar Road in Ujjain, on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D305U

MUMBAI, OCT 18 (UNI):- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis performs aarti and offers prayers at the Public Shri Shri Durga Puja Committee during Navratri celebrations in Nagpur, on Sunday UNI PHOTO-D304U

MUMBAI, OCT 18 (UNI):- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis performs aarti and offers prayers at the Public Shri Shri Durga Puja Committee during Navratri celebrations in Nagpur, on Sunday UNI PHOTO-D303U

MUMBAI, OCT 18 (UNI):- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis performs aarti and offers prayers at the Public Shri Shri Durga Puja Committee during Navratri celebrations in Nagpur, on Sunday UNI PHOTO-D302U

NEW DELHI, OCT 18 (UNI):-Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan meets Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu at Lok Niwas in New Delhi, on Sunday. UNI PHOTO -D301U