The Muslim side was let off after tendering an apology, and the police issued a challan in their name. The police said there was no evidence of the alleged assault and hence cannot act against VHP workers.
Nineteen deaths were reported in separate incidents in Maharashtra, three in UP, six in Haryana and one in Hyderabad during Ganesh idol immersions on Friday.
Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is all set to launch his own party and its first unit would come up in Jammu and Kashmir within a fortnight, his close confidant GM Saroori said today.
Rahul Gandhi would be pursued to return as Congress President as there is no one else in the party other than him who has a pan-India appeal, veteran leader M Mallikarjun Kharge has said.