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The monsoon rain, considered the lifeblood of India’s economy, missed its onset date in Kerala on Sunday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) anticipating a further delay of three to four days. The rally was attended by a large number of people from the state living in the national capital.Members of Manipuri civil society and students' organisations on Sunday held a ‘peace rally’ at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and demanded that the government check the influx of “illegal migrants” into the state from Myanmar.There was no official word on casualties, if any, until evening. Sugnu was caught in the crossfire between militants and security forces again around afternoon, with both sides using mortars this time, witnesses said.In a separate incident at Sugnu, about 30 heavily armed militants tried to lay siege to a nearby outpost of the BSF and India Reserve Battalion, leading to a gun battle that lasted till dawn.The MLA, who represents Sugnu constituency, wasn't at home either when the assailants struck. Most of the homes were deserted after the recent exodus to relief camps.The private residence of Congress MLA K Ranjit Singh was among a cluster of houses and shops set ablaze by suspected militants at Serou Bazar near Sugnu in Manipur's Kakching district late Saturday.The commission shall submit its report to the central government as soon as possible but not later than six months from the date of its first sitting.The panel will probe the sequence of events leading to, and all the facts relating to such violence whether there were any lapses or dereliction of duty in this regard on the part of any of the responsible authorities/individuals and adequacy of the administrative measures taken to prevent, and to deal with the violence and riots.The other members of the commission are retired IAS officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and retired IPS officer Aloka Prabhakar.The central government has constituted a three-member Commission of Inquiry, headed by former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba, to probe the month-long violence in Manipur, even as fresh incidents of arson and gunfights were reported from the strife-torn state between Saturday and Sunday.

Probe panel formed, but unrest continues in Manipur A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe into the train tragedy.The Congress on Sunday demanded the resignation of the railway minister over the Odisha rail tragedy and attacked PM Modi, saying he should accept part of the responsibility for creating an “all is well” facade even as the critical infrastructure of the Indian Railway “languishes in neglect”.We have not ruled anything out,” another senior railway official told PTI. “It could be a case of tampering or sabotage from within or from outside.Running of any machine is prone to failures,' Jaya Verma Sinha, Member of Operations and Business Development, Railway Board, said. It could be that someone has done some digging without seeing the cables. Now, as the minister said there was a problem with the signalling system. “It is called a ‘fail safe’ system, so it means that even if it fails, all the signals will turn red and all train operations will stop.In Delhi, top railway officials indicated a “signalling interference”.A point machine is a vital device for railway signalling for quick operation and locking of point switches and plays an important role in the safe running of trains.“It happened due to a change made in the electronic interlocking and point machine,” he told reporters. The “root cause” of the accident and the people responsible for the “criminal act” have been identified, Vaishnaw said.Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has sought a CBI probe into the accident although the inquiry by the commissioner of railway safety (CRS) will continue, according to officials.

The Indian Railways on Sunday virtually ruled out driver error and system malfunction, indicating a possible “signalling interference” and hinting at 'sabotage' and tampering of the electronic interlocking system behind the triple train accident that claimed 275 lives in Odisha.

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