Two teachers and a 15-year-old student drowned while bathing in a pool at the base of a waterfall near Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, during a school picnic. Three other students were rescued and hospitalised.
Eight labourers were killed and 32 injured in a road accident near Chhimka village on the Bhind-Gwalior National Highway, Madhya Pradesh, early Tuesday when their pick-up vehicle collided head-on with a truck while returning to Uttar Pradesh.
Ujjain police have booked four persons after a viral video showed a Tata Magic vehicle being lifted by a crane and blown apart during a Muharram procession in Badnagar. Authorities said the act, carried out without permission, involved festival-style rockets that created an explosion-like effect.
Twelve labourers were killed and 20 injured when a pick-up van carrying them overturned and collided with an SUV in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday night. Authorities confirmed that the victims were returning home when the driver lost control near Chikliya crossing.
Five people were killed and 10 others injured after a pickup van collided head-on with a tractor trolley carrying pilgrims returning from a Makar Sankranti holy dip in the Berasia area of Bhopal late Wednesday night.
While the BJP asserts its continued success based on socio-political equations, the Congress contends that it has rectified past mistakes and anticipates a different outcome this time.