Uppinangady: Verbal altercations between SDPI, Congress workers at polling booth
Uppinangady: Party workers of Congress and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) got into a verbal clash at a polling booth in Uppinangady on Thursday when the polling started in the Dakshina Kannada constituency.
According to the reports, Congress workers objected to SDPI workers allegedly seeking and trying to influence votes of electors in the premises of polling station at booth number 41 of block 206 here. The congress workers confronted SDPI workers with the objection which led to heated verbal arguments and exchanges before police reached the spot and dispersed the crowd.
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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).
