lok Sabha Speaker joins Diwali celebration
Mhow: The festival of lights, Diwali, was celebrated with fun and frolic in Mhow. After the lakshmi puja, people used firecrackers. The second day of Diwali was celebrated as Dhok Padwa in Mhow. lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, UAD Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya came to Mhow and met the local people of different castes and communities by wishing them at their door-steps. Mhow police also distributed complete needful goods, like cloth, food, sweets and firecrackers to the poor families of Mhow. Around 32 poor families of Mhow were helped. Addl SP Mhow Arvind Tiwari, SDOP Arun Mishra,TI Mhow Ashok Tiwari and TI kishanganj Nagendra Singh Bais were present during the function. BJP leader Ramkishore Shukla, Ashok Somani, Jaswant Singh, Ashok Patel, Nirmala Yadav, were present with Kailash Vijayvargiya during the public meeting programme.
Two killed, three injured in road mishap
Jabalpur: Two people were killed and three others injured when their motorcycles collided head-on in Charganva area in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district. Kulaun village-resident Udaychandra Patel, his wife and two nieces were returning on motorcycle after completing festival-related shopping when it collided with another motorcycle near a bridge. Motorcycle riders Udaychandra and Gopal Singh Patel (28) died on the spot. Udaychandra’s wife and nieces received minor injuries.
Youth drowns in river while taking bath
Jabalpur: A youth drowned while taking bath in a river in Panagar area in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district. Padri village-resident Pramod Kachhi (26) went into deep waters while bathing yesterday and drowned. His body was fished out later.
Two held with 27 country-made pistols
Bhopal: Police have recovered 27 country-made pistols from two persons near Barwah. The weapons were made by members of Sikligar tribe. The duo, identified as Bhuru Bavalya and Poonam Yadav (35), were intercepted and arrested on a tip-off, said inspector Vishwajeet Parihar. Two others who had handed them the weapons fled, he added.
Four killed in road mishap
Indore: Four persons were today killed after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding truck near Omax City here. The incident took place when all four victims, riding on a single motorcycle, were crossing the road following which they were hit by the truck, a Sub-Inspector posted at lasudia Police Station said. While one of them died on the spot, the other three succumbed to their injuries at the government-run MY Hospital. The deceased are yet to be identified, he said, adding that the truck driver fled from the spot leaving behind the vehicle which was impounded by the police.