➜ BJP continues winning Assam Panchayat poll. ➜ 11 dead, 82 ill after eating prasad ➜ Now, Unity statues in Gujarat schools

Silchar Daily丨News 丨15 December

   

➜  BJP continues winning Assam Panchayat poll.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam continued its domination at the Panchayat level as it emerd as the topper.with Congress In the second spot while Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and AIUDF färing poorly after the counting of votes entered the third day on Friday with complete results yet to be out.

‘Complete results were out in respect to 28 districts so far while votes counting were still on in Cachar, Dhubri and some other districts,” said Harendra Nath Borah, Assam’s State Election Commissioner,

Results for 17,677 seats out of 21,990 seats for Gaon Panchayat Ward Member were declared where BJP won 7,540, followed by Congress with 5,896, AGP 1,372, Independents 2.028. AIUDF 755, TMC with 2, BPF

47 and others with 37. Results for 1881 seats out of 2199 seats for Gaon Panchayat President were declared where BJP bagged 867, Congress 645, AGI 110. AIUDF 106, Independent 150 and others got 3.

Results for 1860 seats out of 2,199 seats for Anchalik Panchayat Member were also

declared where BJP got 883 followed by Congress with & 15 seats, AGP 96, AIUDF 111,

Independent 124 and others with 1.

Lastly, results for 347 posts out of 420 seats for Zila Parishad Member post were out where

BJP won 181, Congress 1, AGP 15, AIUDF 15 and Independent 14. “Re-polling was ordered in

97 Panchayats and It was completed in 95 while the remaining two would go for re-polling

on Saturday in Gohpur and Hailakandi,” added Bora.

➜  11 dead, 82 ill after eating prasad

As many as 11 people died and 82 were hospitalised after consuming religious food offëring — or

prasad at a temple in Karnataka & Chamarajnagar district today, police said. A district official claimed that

some toxic substance may have got mixed with the religious offering.

Petty politics between two groups over building a tower for a local deity’s temple in Chamarajanagar

district unleashed a macabre tale of death, killing 12 devotees by poisoning the temple ‘prasada’.

On Friday, over 10 devotees fell ill and were admitted to various hospitals in multiple locations in both

Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts.

While the health department officiaLs have confirmed the incident as a case of poisoning, it is yet to be

established whether the poison was actually mixed in the ‘prasada’ offered at the Kitchukattu Maramma

temple in Sulvadi village, Hanurtaluk.

What was initially beLieved to have been a simple case of food poisoning, turned out to be shocking

instance of sabotage with the Chamarajanagar police detaining two villagers - Chennappa, a member of

the local village gram panchayat, and Madesha - for allegedly poisoning the ‘prasada’ prepared at the

temple to be distributed among devotees. The poLice have sent samples to food labs for further tests.

➜  Now, Unity statues in Gujarat schools

 The Gujarat government has decided to install replicas of the Statue of Unity in the premises of

several schools and colleges on December 15 to mark the death anniversary of Sardar Patel

➜  Head-on collision leaves 3 dead, 4 injured 

In a fatal road mishap, three persons died and as many injured after a night service passenger bus and a pickup van collided head-on, on National highway (NH) 37 at Baniapara

under Dhupdhora Police Station In Goalpara district in the wee hours of Friday. According to police, the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) bus from Mankachar bound for Guwahati collided head-on with the van at high speed. The driver of the bus identified as Chandra Kanta Khanal (24) of Krlshnai and a person travelling in the pickup van, .Jyotish Rabha (22) of  Mendipathar. died on the spot while one passenger of the bus. Saran Adhikary (25) of South Sikkim succumbed to his injuries In a hospital. Four other passengers travelling in the bus suffered severe injuries and were referred to Goalpara Civil Hospital for treatment.

➜ 3 poachers held with gun, ammo

Acting on secret information. Special Task Force (STF), forest officials of Kaziranga National Park

(KNP) and Bokakhat Police jointly launched an operation and apprehended three hardcore animal poachers and recovered arms and ammunition at Bokakhat in Golaghat district on Friday. Based on information, we intercepted a car suspected to be of the poachers and apprehended a duo identified as Diganta Bora and Pranab Ravidas,” said Rohini Saikia. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Kaziranga. ‘One 3.3 rifle and sixteen live rounds of ammunition were recovered from their possession. The duo then led our team to the third

poacher.’ added Saikia. The poacher, identifled as Abidur Ali, was then picked up from a barber shop at Latabari area near Kaziranga.