A lightning strike damaged a 10 feet tall marble elephant statue positioned near the entrance of Ambedkar Park in Lucknow on Monday. The incident occurred at around 3:30 am, during a thunderstorm. (PTI)
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The park, dedicated to the memory of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a prominent Dalit leader and the architect of the Indian Constitution, features numerous elephant statues. (PTI)
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No injuries were reported in the incident. The park is renowned as a popular tourist attraction and is frequented daily by many local residents.
The damaged elephant is a part of an elephant gallery within Ambedkar Park, a construction initiated by Mayawati during her tenure as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2002. (HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
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Incessant rainfall led to heavy waterlogging in several areas of Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Monday morning. (HT Photo)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
