1. Home
  2. 6-yr-old girl out to buy birthday gift for brother crushed to death by water tanker

6-yr-old girl out to buy birthday gift for brother crushed to death by water tanker

News Network
May 1, 2019

Bengaluru, May 1: A six-year-old girl was run over by a speeding water tanker at Kanakadasa Layout, Kammanahalli, near Banaswadi in the city on Tuesday when was headed to a nearby shop to buy a bar of chocolate as a gift for her elder brother on his birthday.

The deceased has been identified as Janani, a class one student. The incident sparked outrage in the locality over reckless driving by water tankers.

“Tuesday was the eleventh birthday of Janani’s elder brother Nikhil. She had taken Rs. 10 from her mother to get him some chocolate from the corner shop,” the police said.

As she was walking to the shop, the driver of speeding water tanker took a sudden left. He did not see her. Janani died on the spot, a few metres away from her house.

The incident took place at 9.30 a.m. The Banaswadi Traffic Police arrested the driver Pradeep and booked him for causing death due to negligence, and seized the vehicle. The residents of the area staged a protest against reckless driving by water tanker drivers in the by lanes of the locality.

‘Happened in a split second’

“I was walking behind. It all happened in a split second. The big wheels of the tractor crushed her and she died instantly. We tried our best to revive her by giving water, but in vain,” said Ishrat Fatima, an eyewitness.

Comments

Add new comment

About text formats
  • Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
  • Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
  • Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
  • Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.
News Network
January 7,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 7: The city police arrested a youth on charge of spreading messages against political leaders through WhatsApp and allegedly issuing life threats warnings against them.

The accused has been identified as Anwar, a resident of Peruvai village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada. He was working in Qatar.

On Monday, Yathish from Vittal filed a complaint and based on that police arrested Anwar.

Comments

Add new comment

About text formats
  • Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
  • Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
  • Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
  • Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.
News Network
July 20,2020

Bengaluru, July 20: The Karnataka government has reiterated that no final decision has so far been taken on reopening of schools in the state.

The clarification comes after minutes of the July 15 HRD ministry meeting where Karnataka education department officials said schools are reopening on September 1 went viral on social media. 

“The state government has not decided yet on starting schools. That they will reopen in September was only a general opinion expressed by our officials at the meeting. At present, we have no plans to start schools unless there is a conducive environment. There’s no need for anxiety,” said primary and secondary minister S Suresh Kumar.

Kumar said the government is involved in meeting the education sector’s changed priorities in the current scenario.

The minutes were of a virtual conference on school-safety plans, with representatives of state governments and Union territories expressing views on reopening of schools. 

Against the name of Karnataka, “After September 1” was written. Similar datelines were given by Kerala, Ladakh, Manipur, Rajasthan, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, while in case of many other states it said “no decision”.

An education department official said Karnataka submitted to MHRD that it will be able to take a decision only after September 1, depending on the situation in the state.

Comments

Add new comment

About text formats
  • Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
  • Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
  • Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
  • Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.
coastaldigest.com news network
July 5,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 5: A veteran politician and former union minister has repeatedly tested positive for COVID-19 in the Dakshina Kannada.

The former minister, who resides in Bantwal taluk, is said to be asymptomatic.

His wife and children have also tested positive for the coronavirus.

Meanwhile, one of the kin of the former minister said that he is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mangaluru. "He is asymptomatic and doing well," he said.

Comments

Add new comment

About text formats
  • Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
  • Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
  • Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
  • Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.