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Five killed, 6 injured in mishapKolahpur: Five persons were killed and six injured critically when a tempo trax they were travelling in r...

Five killed, 6 injured in mishap
Kolahpur: Five persons were killed and six injured critically when a tempo trax they were travelling in rammed into truck near Chokak village on Kolhapur- Sangli road, this afternoon. The ill-fated trax passengers from Indi Bijapur in neighbouring Karnataka were returning with a paralysis patient after getting an Ayurveda treatment for him from Shirgaon village near here.

The vehicles collided head-on. The mangled remains of the jeep were seen strewn at the accident spot, police later said.

Four persons, the parents of the paralysis-struck youth Basantrao and Ratnavva Desai and Mahadev V Birajdar and Nagappa S Madswal, died on the spot while Somling D Desai succumbed to his injuries at the Chhatrapati Pramila Raje hospital here.

Hatkanangale police have registered a case against the truck driver who was stated to be missing.

Chakote8217;s nomination found invalid
Solapur: In a surprising development, the official candidate of the Congress Baburao Chokote8217;s nomination has been declared invalid during the scrutiny by the Election Officer Subhash Dharmadhikari, here on Thursday, sending the party activists in shock.

The congress party had announced the name of the former MLA Baburao Chakote for the north city Assembly constituency. Baburao and his son Vishwanath Chakote had filed the nomination papers. Chakote8217;s nomination has been found invalid on the ground that the nomination form was not attached with the official party8217;s B8217; form.

Interestingly, the party8217;s official B8217; form was in the name of his son Vishwanath Chakote so now Vishwnath has become the official candidate of the Congress from the north constituency. Vishwanath Chakote is the former mayor and had contested the last Assembly election as the congress candidate against the BJP.

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Another nomination declared invalid is that of city unit BJP president Prabhakar Landge, who had filed his papers for the Solapur Loksabha constituency, though as a dummy candidate for the official candidate Lingraj Valyal.

Khardekar quits NCP
Satara: A senior pro-Sharad Pawar leader from the district Dadaraje Khardekar has forsaken NCP to join the Sonia-lead Congress party. He was stated to be disillusioned by biased8217; treatment in allotting election tickets by the Nationalist Congress Party.