Raipur, May 31: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday released another list of 31 candidates for the Chhattisgarh assembly elections set to be held later this year.


Delhi Minister and senior party leader Gopal Rai, who is in charge of the state, released the second list which included engineers, advocates, RTI activists, and teachers. Priority has been given to women.

The party has plans to contest all the 90 seats in the state.

The first list of 31 candidates was released on May 21.

 

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Raichur (Karnataka) (PTI): Two children died on Saturday after a portion of an arch allegedly collapsed on them while they were watching an outdoor play in this district, police said.

The incident occurred in Bail Marchad village in Manvi taluk, they said.

According to police, seven people were sitting under the arch watching the play when the structure suddenly collapsed, killing two children on the spot.

The deceased have been identified as Vishwanath Ramalinga (8) and Sanvita (2).

Vishakshi (25), Lakshmi (18), Vishalakshi (25), Yallamma (3), and Bassamma (45) were injured in the incident and were shifted to Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital for further treatment, police said.

The bodies have been moved to the mortuary of Manvi Government Hospital, they added.

A case has been registered at Manvi Police Station, and further investigation is underway, police said.