The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Tuesday nabbed a Patwari and his private assistant (PA) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 18,000, said the officials.
Local BJP leader Ajay Roy said, "Those who have created the ruckus and the person who died came from Bangladesh. There was a scuffle between them regarding the exchange of money and no politics was involved."
On Monday, a 19-year-old drowned while taking a bath in the Pabbar River, located under the limits of Saraswati Nagar Police station, in Hatkoti village (Jubbal), according to the police.
On receiving the information, the Station House Officer, Head Constable and other officials reached the
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 874 villages under 37 revenue circles in Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, and Tamulpur districts are currently underwater.
A trainee aircraft of Redbird flight training academy made an emergency landing near Pethsirur village in Kalaburagi around 9.30 am today due to a technical problem, said airport authority.
"Four persons were injured due to lightning in village Kandiyal village under Tehsil Purola of Uttarkashi. One of these persons died," District Disaster Management Officer Devendra Patwal said.
"Dear sisters, I am building an army. This organisation will strengthen you. This army will be formed in every small and big village to benefit women," Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.
Villagers performed the marriage of two boys on Friday night and a feast was also arranged as a symbolic gesture to appease rain gods and bring showers to the region.