Cong does not want PM in campaigning: Jha
Gwalior: BJP vice-president Prabhat Jha on Thursday alleged that the Congress is reluctant to engage Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in campaigning trail owing to graft and spiraling prices. “I would like to ask Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, why MM Singh has been sidetracked and Gandhi should give reply to it. People want a reply from the Prime Minister about scams and unbridled corruption,” Jha told media here. He said the Congress is totally disintegrated in Madhya Pradesh and defection of three Congress MlAs to BJP is the ample proof of it. Apart from the ‘Modi wave', ‘Chouhan wave' is also visible in the State, he claimed. To a query about Gandhi' allegation about the women in Morena on Tuesday, the BJP leader said “It seems Gandhi is suffering from loss of memory. He should reply why the Congress fails to pass the Women's Reservation Bill, despite its majority in the lok Sabha.”
Couple dupe people of crores
Indore: A couple, who were about to leave this city after cheating people of crores of rupees on the pretext of setting up automated teller machines (ATM) and cellular phone towers here have been caught and handed over to police. Police said Simran Sandhu and his wife Hardeep, hailing from Punjab, were residing at a rented dwelling. After defrauding residents of Haryana and Punjab, they targeted denizens of Madhya Pradesh's commercial capital. Sandhu was apprehended earlier but obtained bail. The duo was caught on Tuesday night.
liquor seized worth rs 11 lakh from 2 villages
Chhatarpur: India Made Foreign liquor worth Rs11 lakh has been seized from two villages by Excise officials, Excise Department sources said. Following a tip-off, Magan Sahu's dwelling was raided in Mausahaniyan village and yielded 42 boxes on Wednesday. later, a search at Magan Kushwah's farm in Katra village resulted in appropriation of 270 chests. Ravi and Maneesh were arrested in this connection.
Shops gutted in electronic market
Indore: Three shops, including a battery charger shop, were gutted when a fire broke out in Electronic Market Compound in Madhya Pradesh's commercial capital on Tuesday night, fire brigade sources said. The blaze is said to be caused by short circuit. Fire tenders doused the flames with great difficulty. The loss is estimated to be around lakhs of rupees.
2 Years imprisonment for possessing hemp
Satna: A local court has sentenced two people to 20-year imprisonment on the charge of possessing hemp and imposed a fine of Rs2 lakh on each of them. According to prosecution, police seized over six quintal hemp from a farm at Tyodhara village on December 20, 2011. Arvind Singh and Shesh Pratap Singh were arrested in this connection. Special Sessions Judge Rajendra Prasad Gupta delivered the verdict on Wednesday.
Man dies in road mishap
Jabalpur: A man was killed and another injured when their motorcycle was hit by a truck in this cantonment town, police said. Kevalchandra Sonkar and Rajdhani Sonkar were going on their bike on Wednesday when the incident occurred. Both were injured and rushed to hospital. Kevalchandra succumbed while receiving treatment. The truck driver is absconding.
Girl dies in wall collapse
Jabalpur: A girl died in wall collapse and her sister received minor injuries in Sihora area of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday. Kajal(14) and her sister Neelam were trapped under the debris of wall collapse. later, Kajal was killed, whereas her sister, who received minor injuries, was rushed to a nearby hospital. The deceased's body has been sent for post-mortem.
Woman, 3 kids run over by train in Satna
Satna: A woman and her three children died on the spot, on Thursday,
and two people were injured when they were run over by the lucknow-Jabalpur Express while crossing a track in Amdara Police Station limits, Government Railway Police said. The deceased were identified as Ramnaresh (13), Ruchi (15), Keerti (16) and their mother Meerabai Patel (35). The injured, including a woman, were rushed to hospital. The victims were going for harvesting crops when the incident occurred. Their bodies were sent for post-mortem.
Cop injured in road Mishap
Indore: A police personnel was grievously injured when his motorbike was rammed by a car here, police said. Prince, posted at the District Jail, was returning late last night to his dwelling at Mahalakshmi Nagar, when the mishap occurred. He was admitted to the Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital. The driver of the car is absconding.