Bantwal: Couple reaches polling booth, cast vote before heading to their wedding venue
Bantwal: A couple whose wedding ceremony was scheduled to be on Thursday decided to reach polling station and vote before heading to their wedding.
The couple has been identified as Bride Pratigya, D/O Ashok and Pushpalata and bridegroom Sumith Poojary.
The couple first reached Government school at Subhas Nagar of Bantwal Taluk where Pratigya franchised her vote and later headed to Polali Government school where Sumith franchised his vote before heading to their wedding ceremony.
Speaking to the media, the couple added that voting is a democratic right and every citizen should understand the importance of their cote.
Their wedding was scheduled to take place at Polali temple of Bantwal Taluk on Thursday.
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Four of family killed as car jumps divider on highway in Gujarat's Panchmahal
Godhra (Gujarat) (PTI): Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Monday, police said.
The car driver lost control of the wheels near Kalol. As a result, the four-wheeler jumped the divider and veered off to the other side of the highway, an official from Kalol police station said.
Soon after the accident, some locals rushed to the scene and also alerted the police. Efforts were made to pull out the people trapped in the car.
Four persons died on the spot, while one suffered injuries, the official said.
The deceased were members of a family from Vadodara and were returning from Rajasthan when the tragedy struck, the official said.
They have been identified as Sajid Iqbal Khinji (55), Ilyas Iqbal Khinji (50), Ishaq Iqbal Khinji (48) and Rehan Azgar Khinji (35).
