BJP names Dinesh Sharma as RS candidate
New Delhi, Sep 3: The BJP on Sunday named former Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma as its candidate for the by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from the state. The by-election, scheduled for September 15, was necessitated due to the death of incumbent MP Hardwar Dubey, who was also from the saffron party. The term of the seat is valid till November 2026. Sharma’s election is all but certain due to the strong majority the BJP enjoys in the state assembly. Like Dubey, he is also from the Brahmin community. Sharma was one of the two deputy chief ministers in the first term of the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government between 2017-22. (PTI)
17 cops, three detainees hurt in road mishap
Jammu, Sep 3: Seventeen police personnel and three women detainees were injured when a police bus carrying them rammed into an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, police said. The police bus was on its way to Bhaderwah sub-jail in Doda district from Srinagar’s central jail, a police official said. The accident took place near T2 tunnel at Marog area along Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the official said. The injured who also included some women constables were shifted to district hospital Ramban and their condition was stated to be stable, the official said. (PTI)
One held with narcotics in WB
Jalpaiguri, Sep 3: A man from Sikkim was arrested in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district after narcotics substances, including banned cough syrup, were seized from his possession, police said on Sunday. Acting on the basis of a tip-off, a team of the Bhaktinagar Police Station apprehended the person on Saturday night from an area near the Eastern Bypass in Siliguri town and recovered the contraband narcotics substances, a senior police officer informed a group of journalists present. “Nineteen bottles of banned cough syrup, 180 pieces of narcotic tablets and 2,664 pieces of narcotic capsules were recovered from the accused,” he said. The arrested person hails from East Sikkim, the officer added. (PTI)