Six killed, 21 injured as truck hits pick-up van in MP
CHHINDWARA, June 22: As many as six persons were killed and 21 sustained injuries after a truck hit a stationary pick-up van packed with labourers in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district on Monday, police said.Six people, among them a woman, have died and 21 sustained injuries in the accident, police said.The pick-up van was parked by the roadside, and the driver was talking to someone when the truck rammed into the vehicle, causing it to overturn.Traffic on the highway remained disrupted for some time and resumed after the damaged vehicles were removed from the road,.According to eyewitnesses, the truck’s left rear tyre burst in the accident, and it went on to hit a motorcycle, crushing its rider, and overturned. (PTI)
NSA Doval meets senior Iranian security official
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Monday held wide-ranging talks with senior Iranian security official Ghadir Nezamipour focusing on the evolving security environment in West Asia.Nezamipour, the Deputy Secretary for Defence Affairs at Iran’s powerful Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), is in New Delhi to attend a conclave of BRICS.“Both sides reviewed the ongoing situation in West Asia. They also discussed cooperation under the BRICS platform and India-Iran bilateral ties,” EAM spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said on social media.It is the first visit to India by a senior official from Iran after it struck a peace agreement with the US.The NSAs of BRICS nations will hold extensive discussions on the security scenario in the region on Tuesday. The conclave officially begins on Monday.India to host key BRICS security conclave amid rising geopolitical tensions. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian NSA Sergei Shoigu, and other top BRICS security officials are set to be part of the deliberations. (PTI)
