Madhavrao Scindia dies in plane crash
Kanpur: Former union minister and senior Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia died in a plane crash near Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. All the occupants of the 10-seater plane, including four journalists, Mr. Scindias secretary Rupinder Singh died on the spot.

Mr. Scindia was to address a public meeting at Kanpur. The plane left Delhi at 12:49 pm and was to reach Kanpur at 13:50 pm (IST), but one of the plane's engines caught fire and it crashed near Mainpuri.

All the eight bodies recovered near the site were charred beyond recognition. Among the passengers were journalists Anju Sharma of Hindustan Times, Sanjeev Sinha of Indian Express and Ranjan Jha and Gopal Bisht of Aaj Tak. The plane's pilot Ray Gautam and co-pilot Ritu were also killed.

The Madhya Pradesh government has declared a three-day state mourning beginning October 1 as a mark of respect to the senior Congress leader and deputy leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha.
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APJ Kalam escapes miraculously
Bokaro: India's top scientist and principal scientific advisor to the Government A P J Abdul Kalam had a miraculous escape when he survived after the helicopter in which he was travelling came down in Bokaro on Sunday.

The helicopter's rotor broke soon after take off and the chopper landed with a thud from a height of about 100 metres. All five persons on board, including two crew members are safe. An inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
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Inflation falls to 4.93%
New Delhi: The annual inflation rate fell by 0.07 percentage points to 4.93 per cent for the week ended September 15.
The point-to-point inflation rate based on wholesale price index (WPI) for all commodities (base: 1993-94 = 100) fell from 5.0 per cent in the previous week due to fall in the primary items' prices. The index was 5.91 per cent a year ago.
WPI, however, remained unchanged at the previous week's level of 161.8 and the index was 154.2 in the previous year.
The consumer price index for industrial workers (CPI-IW) rose sharply by 1.15 per cent to 5.19 per cent in August as compared to 4.04 per cent in July, while the index based on WPI rose by three points to 466 points.
Primary articles became cheaper by 0.1 per cent to 170.9 from 171.1 in the previous week, despite a 0.5 per cent rise in non-food items' price. The index was 162.2 a year ago.
Fuel and manufactured products remained firm at the previous week's levels of 226.1 and 144.3, respectively, and indices were 199.5 and 141.4 in the previous year.
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