400 fall ill after eating khichdi at puja pandal
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KOLKATA: At least 400 people have taken ill after eating khichdi at a Durga puja pandal in Howrah on Friday. Eleven of them are said to be in critical condition and were admitted at Uluberia sub-divisional hospital. The victims are mostly residents of Kumarchowk village.
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