1 dead in clashes between 2 communities in UP's Saharanpur
Clashes between members of the Thakur community and residents of a village killed at least one person in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur on Friday. Residents of the predominantly Dalit village of Shabirpur objected to the loud procession commemorating Rajput warrior-king Maharana Pratap's birth anniversary. Clashes erupted following an altercation, wherein 25 houses in the village were set to fire.