MP Assembly polls: Congress plans 22 public meetings
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Congress plans to organise 22 public meetings and six road shows till October 23, as part of its campaign for the Assembly elections this year. Leaders who will address these public meetings and take part in the road shows include party President Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi, General Secretary Digvijay Singh, Union ministers Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia, leader of the opposition in the MP Assembly Ajay Singh and MP Congress president Kantilal Bhuria, sources in the party said today. Sonia Gandhi may address two public meetings while Rahul Gandhi may hold three meetings, they said. During October, a meeting of the Madhya Pradesh Congress poll campaign committee would also be held in Bhopal. Places where public meetings would be held include Betul, Raisen, Jabalpur, Dewas and Narsinghpur. Road shows will be held at various places, including Chhatarpur to Khajuraho, Ujjain to Indore and Hoshangabad to Bhopal, the sources said. (PTI)
Boy mauled to death by leopard
Srinagar: A seven-year-old boy was on Thursday mauled to death by a leopard in Kupwara district of Kashmir Valley, police said. Naveed Jahangir was attacked by the leopard near his home in Munwan Avoora area of the district, a police spokesman said. The boy died on the spot, he said, adding his body was later handed over to his relatives for last rites. (PTI)
Rains disrupt life in Gujarat
Rajkot/Vadodara: Heavy rains pounded the Saurashtra region in Gujarat, disrupting normal life and bringing rail and road traffic to a near halt even as over 3,000 people were shifted to safer places due to overflowing of dams, authorities said on Thursday. While over 3,000 people have been shifted to safer places since yesterday in the Saurashtra region, 7,700 marooned people have been shifted in the last two days in Vadodara in Central Gujarat, they said. Heavy downpour wreaked havoc in all seven districts in Saurashtra, including Rajkot, in the last 36 hours, with Rajkot alone recording over 500 mm rainfall since Tuesday evening. Bhadar dam, located about 39 kms from here, which is the main source of drinking water to Rajkot district, is overflowing as also Aji and Nyari dams, forcing administration to issue alert in nearby towns. “As many as one thousand people were given shelter in government-run schools last night as low-laying areas like Jungleshwar, Popat Para, Rail Nagar submerged due to rising water levels following overflowing of Aji and Nyari dams”, Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) Commissioner Ajay Bhadoo said. (PTI)
