U'khand: 2 young men from Bihar's Muzaffarpur drown in Alaknanda river
Dehradun: Two young men aged 19 and 20 from Bihar's Muzaffarpur town on Wednesday drowned in the Alaknanda river in Srinagar area of Uttarakhand's Pauri district, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said.
The incident took place at around 3 pm, the SDRF said.
Three youths had gone to swim in the river near Chauras bridge. But as they waded into the river to swim, they started drowning. One of them was saved by the local people, but two of them drowned, the SDRF said.
The SDRF team reached the spot and conducted an intensive search operation with the help of district police and local people.
The bodies of the three youths were recovered during the operation.
The two youths, who drowned in the river, have been identified as Ayush Raj (20) and Harshraj Kaushik (19), the residents of Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
The rescued youth's name is Divyanshu (21), who is a resident of Mau, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
The families of the youths have been informed about the accident, police said.
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Vijay says no to CM convoy until swearing-in: TVK
Chennai (PTI): TVK chief Vijay declined to accept the police convoy vehicles provided to Tamil Nadu chief minister as per protocol until his swearing-in, the party said on Thursday.
A police official confirmed that the CM convoy vehicles provided to him "as per protocol" following the announcement of the Assembly election results were returned and have not been withdrawn.
The official also said that arrangements were in place for the swearing-in ceremony.
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) clarified that its party founder Vijay had "personally requested that the convoy vehicles be returned". In a statement here, the TVK said: "Vijay conveyed that he would accept the official chief minister-level security only after forming the government with a decisive mandate".
Four convoy vehicles assigned to Vijay on May 4 after his TVK secured 108 seats in the Assembly polls returned from his residence following his request.
Even on May 6, the police had deployed security near his Panaiyur residence and in front of the Lok Bhavan here when Vijay called on Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to stake his claim to form the government. Vijay did not use the government vehicle to meet the Governor.
