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Rajasthan: 5 dead, 49 injured after cylinder bursts in Jodhpur wedding; CM condoles

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 Rajasthan: According to police, 51 people who had been referred to the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Jaipur, sustained 35 to 60 percent burns while 11 sustained 80-100 per cent burns. Rajasthan : At least 5 people died, including 3 children and 2 women, while 49 others were injured after a cooking gas cylinder burst in Jodhpur's Bhungra village late Thursday evening, police said on Friday. According to police, 51 people who had been referred to the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Jaipur, sustained 35 to 60 per cent burns while 11 sustained 80-100 per cent burns. A portion of the house in Shergarh sub-division's Bhungra village also collapsed due to the impact of the blast that occurred on Thursday afternoon, they said. Guests had gathered at the house of bridegroom Surendra Singh and food was being prepared for them. A cooking gas cylinder kept in the store room of the house caught fire following a leak and exploded, said Jodhpur (Rural) Superintendent of Police (SP) Anil Kayal....

BJP Demands CBI Probe In "Illegal" Mining In Rajasthan

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  A BJP delegation also presented its inquiry report to the party chief after visiting the site of alleged illegal mining where a sadhu had set self on fire. New Delhi:  The BJP on Wednesday alleged the involvement of Rajasthan government ministers and officials in the suspected illegal mining in Bharatpur and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. A BJP delegation, including its general secretary Arun Singh, MP and former Mumbai commissioner Satya Pal Singh and MP and former Uttar Pradesh DGP Brij Lal, also presented its inquiry report to party president J P Nadda after visiting the site of alleged illegal mining where a sadhu had immolated himself during an anti-mining agitation. The sadhu, Vijay Das, had died a few days later on July 23 at a hospital in the national capital, following which the BJP formed the committee to look into the matter. Mr Nadda said the report exposes the "dismal state of affairs in Rajasthan and the rampant mining mafia raj". Arun Singh told report...