BJP wins Belthangady town panchayat election
Belthangady: As the results of the town panchayat polls have come out, the BJP has managed victorious in 7 seats. In a major setback, the Congress, which was in power for the last two terms, won only 4 seats.
In the backward classes-A, reserved for woman category; Congress candidate Rajshri V. Raman defeated Sushmita of BJP by 244 votes. In the second ward, which is reserved for scheduled caste, BJP candidate Ambareesh defeated Congress' Ramesh by securing 247. In the third war (General), BJP's Sharath Kumar won by getting 232 votes.
Henry Lobo of Congress has been defeated. BJP's Rajni Kudva defeated Mamata Shetty of Congress, a former member, by a margin of 3 votes in the 4th ward reserved for Women (General).
In the 5th Ward (General) Janardhana Kambar of Congress won with 207 votes and defeated BJP's Ganesh. Former member of the Congress Mustar Janu Mehboob emerged victorious with135 votes in the 6th ward (General Woman). While, Naseema Sanjayanagar, who contested from SDPI, secured 129 votes, BJP's Radhika has got 117 votes.
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Nagpur explosives factory blast: Death toll rises to 19
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Nagpur (PTI): The death toll in the Nagpur explosives company blast has gone up to 19 after one more person succumbed, police said on Monday.
Twenty-three other injured workers were undergoing treatment in hospitals here, a police official said.
The toll in the blast at the SBL Energy Limited factory on Sunday has risen to 19 with the death of one more worker, he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was underway at the divisional commissionerate here to deliberate and take stock of the incident that took place on Sunday.
Senior officials from various departments, local legislators and other leaders were present in the meeting.
The police have arrested nine directors of SBL Energy Limited, where the blast took place on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Kalmeshwar police here have registered a case against 21 directors and shareholders of the company under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, they said.
The explosion occurred at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district.
The bodies were charred beyond recognition, and samples of the family members were being taken for DNA testing to ascertain the identities of the deceased, police said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.
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