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How WhatsApp helped 7th Annual Greater Houston Rath Yatra turn an Indian village Celebrated at Char Dham Hindu Temple into a lynch mob
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Mohammad Salman was beaten on false rumours he was a child kidnapper. (Reuters Photo)
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32-year-old Indian software engineer has become the latest victim in a spate of mob lynchings, allegedly spurred by child abduction rumours spreading over WhatsApp. BBC Telugu's Deepthi Bathini reports on how the attack unfolded.
"They kept hitting us, demanding to know how many children we had kidnapped," says Mohammad Salman, who is still in shock, his body bruised and his face scarred with stitches. Continued on Page 12
HE WOODLANDS, TX - Lord Jagannath works in His own mysterious ways. While all day long, it was hot and humid, just before Rath Yatra it was pouring. “Lord Jagannath made sure that the streets are cleaned before His chariot is pulled”, said ISKCON's Saranga Thakura Das. It was indeed a miracle that after raining heavily for over an hour, the rain clouds disappeared for the rest of the evening. This paved the way for devotees to pull the chariots inside Char Dham Temple grounds in much cooler temperature. Rath Yatra is the celebration of Lord Jagannath’s annual visit to Gundicha Mandir, his aunt's place. In Puri, millions congregate every year to witness Rath Yatra and three decorated chariots are pulled in Bada Danda by thousands Continued on Page 3
Symasundara Das, ISKCON of Houston President and other devotees descending the steps of Char Dham Hindu Temple carrying the Deities to Their chariots for the Rath Yatra. (Photo by RNM Photography.)
Indian building collapse kills five, more feared trapped
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EW DELHI, India | AFP | 7/18/2018 - More than 100 Indian rescue workers were using steel cutters and drills on Wednesday to try and free those still feared trapped under the rubble of a collapsed sixstorey building outside Delhi. Five bodies have been pulled out of the wreckage since the
building gave way late Tuesday, according to rescue officials. A rescue official told AFP it was not yet possible to determine how many people were still trapped underneath tonnes of concrete and metal debris. Eyewitnesses and neighbours said one of those still
missing was a one-year-old child from one of two families thought to be under the debris and who had moved in only days before. "My friend was living here with his family since last Saturday. I spoke to them last night but have not had any contact with them since 9:00 pm," local resident Sandesh
Kumar told Indian television news channel NDTV. "I am just hoping they are alright," he said. Sniffer dogs were also brought in to assist with the search, which officers said would continue through the night. Authorities said the structure,
which was still under construction, collapsed onto an adjacent newly constructed four-storey residential building. Both are part of a residential complex in one of the many satellite towns dotted around Delhi growing fast to house the fast-expanding population of the 20-million-strong megacity.
Parts of Greater Noida are notorious for rampant and unregulated construction, with many projects flouting building regulations and cutting costs and corners with substandard materials. Police arrested three people, including the landowner, over the latest accident.
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