Police nabs 12 persons with arms
Indore : Police arrested 12 persons in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh Thursday and seized firearms from their possession during a special drive ahead of the next month's elections.
Deputy Inspector General of police Harinarayanachari Mishra told reporters that those arrested included two alleged arms dealers. They were identified as Amarjit Singh Bhatia, resident of Dhar, and Virendra Singh, resident of Barwani.
The other accused were allegedly trying to buy firearms from the duo, he said. Police recovered 19 firearms including country-made revolvers and pistols besides cartridges, he said, adding that further probe was on.
Mine caves in, causes 4 deaths
Chhindwara : Four persons were Thursday on killed in Chhindwara district when the roof of a Western Coalfields Limited mine caved in.
The incident was reported at around 2pm in Neharia underground coal mine situated in Parasia in Pench region, 35 kms from Chhindwara, Parasia Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Ashok Ghanghoria told. He identified the dead as WCL maintenance manager Rajesh (40), operators Rafiq (45) and Ramprasad (48), and labourer Ravishanker (40). A labourer, Ramlal, who was injured in the incident, has been admitted in a nearby hospital, he added.
Cops seize fake currency worth Rs 87,200
Jabalpur : Fake currency notes with the face value of Rs 87,200 were seized from three persons in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district. While one of the accused, identified as Sachin Chakraborty, was arrested from Chandan forest area Wednesday night, two of his accomplices--Santosh Pandey and Kaushal Upadhya--were picked up from Shahdol and Rewa, respectively.
He said Chakraborty had brought the counterfeit notes, in denominations of Rs 2000, Rs 500 and Rs 100, from West Bengal. Chakraborty also told police that he and his accomplices paid Rs 36,000 to procure fake currency with face value of Rs one lakh.
3 Children die of dengue
Gwalior : Three children hailing from Morena district died of dengue in the last one week and more than 90 others were suffering from the vector-borne disease.
An eight-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy died while undergoing treatment at different hospitals in Delhi. Besides, a 15-year-old boy succumbed at a medical facility at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, Morena district malaria officer Dr Harendra Singh said. He said over 90 people tested positive for the virus in Morena since October 1. Of them, 50 were undergoing treatment at different hospitals outside the district. Family members were rushing patients to private hospitals following a decline in their blood platelets count, he said. Singh said mosquito fogging was being done in areas where dengue cases had come to light and adequate arrangements were made at government-run hospitals in the district to treat the patients. Besides, people were also being made aware of measures to be taken prevent the vector-borne diseases.
Syndicate Bank organises blood donation camp
Bhopal : Blood is unique gift of God that has no other substitute and used for saving lives said RM Regional Office Kulwinder Singh on the occasion of 93rd establishment day of Syndicate Bank.
Blood donation camp was organised on the 93rd establishment day of Syndicate Bank on Wednesday, 2018 at Bansal hospital.
Regional Manager Bhopal Kulwinder Singh and Assistant Regional Manager Bhag Chand inaugurated the camp.
The technical officer at Bansal hospital Vivek Gupta emphasized on the importance of blood donation and appealed to donate blood. He requested media to publicize programs with noble cause benefitting society and saving lives.