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26-year-old Madhya Pradesh woman shot by builder dies during treatment, Congress targets BJP

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A 26-year-old MBA student, who was shot by a man in his office in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur last week, succumbed to her injuries on Monday in a city hospital. Congress claimed that the accused, identified as Priyansh Wishwakarma, was associated with the BJP.  The 26-year-old Vedika Thakur was an MBA student.  A 26-year-old girl, who was shot by a man in his office last week in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, succumbed to her injuries during treatment at a hospital, the police said on Monday. The woman, identified as Vedika, went meet the accused at his office on June 16. Vedika Thakur, who was an MBA student, was kept on life support system for the past 10 days. “The 26-year-old victim was undergoing treatment for the bullet injury at a hospital, where she died on Monday,” Sanjeevni Nagar police station in-charge Kranti Barve told news agency PTI. The accused, identified as Priyansh Wishwakarma, was arrested on June 19 and was charged with an attempt to murder under the Indian ...

Coal scam: ED attaches Rs 32 crore worth assets of MP-based firm

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  NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth over Rs 32 crore of a Madhya Pradesh-based firm in connection with its probe in the coal blocks allocation scam. The central probe agency issued a provisional order, under relevant sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attaching bank balances and immovable assets like land, machinery and power plant of the company — Ms Kamal Sponge and Steel Power Limited (KSSPL)- located in Sagma village of the Satna district of the state. The firm, along with another company Ms Rewti Cements Private Limited, was allocated the Thesgora-B/Rudrapuri coal block in Madhya Pradesh in November 2008 by the coal ministry. “The KSSPL while submitting application of allotment of coal block had mis-represented their net worth and production capacity in order to embellish its claim for the purpose of favorable recommendation for allocation of coal block,” the ED said in a statement. It said the Supreme Court in its ju...