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A speeding car collided with a truck on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Dausa, killing four people and injuring one. The deceased were residents of Ghaziabad and East Delhi, who were returning from Mahakal Temple. The car kept dragging under the truck for 8 km. At the same time, a mother and two daughters riding a scooty also died in a collision with a truck in Didwana-Kuchaman.
Northern Railway successfully operated special reserved train between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Srinagar on 27 January. This service, which was started due to heavy crowd and bad weather, brought a lot of relief to the passengers. More than 650 passengers traveled in the train going from Katra to Srinagar, while more than 700 passengers traveled in the train coming from Srinagar to Katra. Passengers appreciated this initiative and described it as an important means of safe travel when road and air routes are disrupted.
Booth level agents of political parties are showing less interest in getting names added to the BLA voter list. Despite there being more than 5.78 lakh BLAs in the state, they have filed only 23,088 Form-6 in the last 20 days, which is only 1.2 of the total applications. The contribution of BLAs of all major parties including BJP, SP, BSP and Congress has been extremely low, while the last date for the voter list revision drive is 6th February.
Avalanche warning has been issued in five high Himalayan districts of Uttarakhand. Defense Geo-Information Research Institute DGRE has kept Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag in Orange category and Pithoragarh in Yellow category till Wednesday evening. Bageshwar is in green category. The government has instructed the concerned district administrations to remain alert, monitor and provide necessary information and advice to the public. People have been advised to avoid unnecessary movement and exercise caution.
On the resignation of State Tax Deputy Commissioner Prashant Kumar Singh posted in Ayodhya, the government has called for a complete report from the State Tax Commissioner. Singh has sent his resignation directly to the Governor, citing the support of the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister and the support of the UGC Bill as the reasons. There is also mention of being hurt by Shankaracharya's remarks. The Principal Secretary has assured appropriate action after the report comes.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. He praised Mamata for countering BJP's attacks, saying only Didi could do this. Akhilesh described the removal of names from the voter list as an attempt to implement NRC. This 40-minute meeting took place in the presence of Dimple Yadav.
A horrific road accident took place when a bike collided with a Nilgai on Ara-Patna Highway in Koilwar police station area of Bhojpur on Tuesday evening. In this accident, 28-year-old Chandan Kumar, son of ward councilor Shishupal Rai, died, while his cousin Sunny Yadav was seriously injured. Both were taken to the hospital, where Chandan was declared dead.
IVRI office assistant Jitendra Kumar was strangled to death in Bareilly. Initially it was declared suicide, but the post mortem report confirmed strangulation. The relatives of the deceased have accused his wife Jyoti of harassment. Police have registered a case of abetment of suicide against the wife and in-laws, which will now be converted into murder. The police are investigating the matter thoroughly.
The negligence of the postman has come to light in the case of Aadhar card being found in the well and garbage in Paraspur village of Sitapur. The Superintendent of the Head Post Office has suspended the postman for negligence in delivery work. On the information of villagers, the police had collected Aadhar cards. An investigation was conducted on the instructions of the District Magistrate, in which the postman was found at fault. It is not yet known who threw the Aadhaar cards, investigation into the matter is ongoing.
Due to the activation of Western Disturbance, the weather changed in UP, it rained in many districts including Kanpur, Etawah, Auraiya. The cold increased at night and the temperature dropped. The Meteorological Department has predicted light to moderate rain till January 29. Farmers have been advised not to irrigate, because excess rain can be beneficial for wheat, but harmful for potatoes, mustard and vegetables.