Kasaragod: A 60-year old man murdered his wife by beating her to death with wooden pole on Monday in Kasaragod. He also assaulted his 25-year old daughter who tried to rescue her mother while she was being murdered by father.

The victim woman has been identified as Kalyani (50), while the injured daughter has been identified as Sharanya (25) who has been shifted to a private hospital in Mangaluru for treatment.

The accused has been identified as Gopalkrishna (60).

According to the reports Gopalkrishna assaulted Kalyani after a heated argument with her over personal issues at 4:00 pm in the evening. Noticing the calls for help of her mother, Sharanya came to the rescue of Kalyani and was attacked by Gopalkrishna. After sustaining critical injuries Kalyani died on the spot.

Gopal officials reached the spot after being informed about the incident by local residents and filed a case in this regard. Gopalkrishna has been arrested by police and further investigations are underway.

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Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.

The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.

The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.

The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.

Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.

Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.

Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.