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The root cause of the three-train crash in Odisha's Balasore district has been identified and the Railways is aiming to restore normal services on the affected tracks by Wednesday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

Talking to reporters at the accident site, he said the issue is of electric point machine, a vital device for railway signalling, and electronic interlocking.

The Centre on Thursday announced a slew of measures to check and contain the ethnic clashes which erupted in Manipur, including a judicial probe into the conflict that has so far claimed scores of lives.

At a press briefing in Imphal, home minister Amit Shah said the central government has constituted a committee headed by a retired high court judge to monitor a special CBI team’s investigation into incidents of violence in the northeastern state.

BKU leader Naresh Tikait said a 'mahapanchayat' will be held in Muzaffarnagar's Soram village on Thursday (June 1) to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment charges.

Tikait, the head of Balyan khap, on Tuesday night said the matter will be discussed in detail in the mahapanchayat.

On a drama-filled Tuesday (May 30), some of India's best wrestlers accompanied by hundreds of supporters gathered on the banks of the Ganga in Haridwar, threatening to immerse their World and Olympic medals in the holy river, but refrained after being convinced by Khap and farmer leaders who sought five days to address their grievances.

 Protesting ace wrestlers of the country have shelved their plans to consign their medals in Ganga at Haridwar after intervention from farmer leader Naresh Tikait. They have given a five-day deadline for action against the wrestling federation chief.

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With the UP police saying they would not deter the wrestlers from their plan to consign the medals to the Ganga, visuals from the spot showed locals consoling the tearful athletes, asking them to hold on to the medals that came to India through years of hard work and dedication. Later, the farmer and khap leaders stepped in.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, General Secretary KC Venugopal and Rahul Gandhi are meeting with Madhya Pradesh party chief Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh and other leaders at Congress headquarters in Delhi. The leaders will be discussing strategy for the upcoming elections in the state. Notably, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are two of the several crucial states going to polls this year. While Congress eyes to secure a majority in MP, it has the tough task of saving Rajasthan amid the infighting between CM Ashok Gehlot and party leader Sachin Pilot.