2 killed, 7 hurt in road mishap
Mandsaur: Two persons were killed and seven others injured on Friday in a road accident near here in Madhya Pradesh. The mishap took place when a Maruti van collided head-on with a speeding container near Ratanpura village, Bhanpura Police Station in-charge Gopal Singh Chouhan said. All the victims, including the injured, were travelling in the van and returning to their village lotkhedi after visiting a temple, Chouhan said. The deceased were identified as Anand (23) and van driver Kailash Meghwal (30), he said. Seven persons were injured and admitted in a hospital at Jhalawar in Rajasthan, the police officer said. "The driver of the container is absconding after the incident. We have registered a case and investing further," he added.
cops bust chain-snatchers’ inter-state gang
Indore: The police on Friday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of chain-snatchers by arresting four persons including three women here. Police recovered 25 gold chains and other jewellery items worth around Rs 15 lakh from them. “On a tip off, we busted the gang and recovered 25 gold chains (‘mangalsutras') along with some jewellery items, collectively worth around Rs 15 lakh, and a car,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police HC Mishra said. The accused are identified as Rukmani Shakte (25), Sonam Shakte (19), Sarita Hatawale (36), and Subhash Pal (36). Explaining the modus operandi, the officer said the members of the gang used to target women at crowded places like fairs, markets, and near places of worship. "After committing the crime, they will get mingled with crowd. They used special tools to cut necklaces," he added. As per the preliminary investigation, the gang was involved in several incidents of chain-snatching in states of Rajasthan and Maharashtra, apart from Madhya Pradesh. He said further investigation is on in the case.
bisen pledges to double agricultural income
Bhopal: Minister for Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Gaurishankar Bisen administered pledge to the farmers in Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Chandan Gaon of Chhindwara district to double the agriculture income till Sankalp se Siddhi programme New India Manthan-2022. MlAs Choudhary Chandrabhan Singh, Nanabhau Mohod and Natthanshah Kavreti were present on the occasion. Bisen said that the farmers are being linked with science under the slogan Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and Jai Vigyan. He mentioned that agriculture income will increase by modern techniques. He urged the farmers to also adopt other professions linked with the agriculture like dairy, animal husbandry and bee-keeping. Information on storage, soil health card, organic farming and horticulture crops were given in the programme. Farmers were told to come forward to participate in water conservation works. Bisen also performed bhoomi poojan of construction works worth Rs 8 crore approximately including Government college building and dedicated tribal ashram shala on the occasion.
66 liquor shops on narmada banks closed
Bhopal: According to the announcement made by the State Government, 66 liquor shops worth Rs 118 crore have been closed permanently in the year 2017-18 on the banks of Narmada River. Keeping in account the public interest 1352 liquor shops worth Rs 2086 crore functioning near national and state highways have been shifted to a distance of over 500 meter from the highways. It may be mentioned that that the State Government has received a revenue of over Rs 6343 crore in the year 2017-18 despite odd circumstances during 2016-17, which is 10 percent more in comparison to 2016-17.