Digest of domestic news for the week Nov 3-Nov 8, 2013

: Ten people are run over and an equal number injured by a train at a place about 12km from here.
New Delhi: At least six workers, including four women, are killed and 10 injured in a fire that destroys a factory in New Ranjeet Nagar area of Central Delhi.
Patna: BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi met the families of six persons killed in serial bomb blasts at his Sunday rally to offer his condolences and said he stood by them in this hour of grief.
New Delhi: Vice-President Hamid Ansari returns home after an eight-day official visit to Peru, Cuba and the United Kingdom.

Sunday
New Delhi: Fireworks illuminate the evening sky, earthen diyas dotted houses and people exchanged sweets and gifts on Diwali which also witnessed bonhomie between Indian and Pakistani guards at border posts.

Goalpara (Assam): At least six persons are killed and seven others seriously injured when suspected Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants opened fire on a group of people gambling on the occasion of Diwali in Assam's Goalpara district.
Monday
New Delhi: The windshield of an Air India's Dreamliner, operating on Delhi-Melbourne-Sydney route with 86 passengers and crew members onboard, cracked as the plane landed at Melbourne airport today, the latest in a string of mishaps this year involving the state-of-the-art plane.

New Delhi: A number of political parties join Congress in seeking a ban or regulation on opinion polls during the election process while BJP opposed it vehemently saying the ruling party was favouring prohibition fearing defeat.