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Auto-rickshaw carrying 25 kids falls into ditch

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February 19, 2017

Mandya, Feb 19: At least 25 schoolchildren packed into an autorickshaw had a narrow escape when the vehicle lost control and fell into a ditch in Mysuru district's KR Pete taluk on Thursday morning.

autoSome of the children suffered minor injuries and were treated as outpatients in the taluk hospital. The chidren were in the age group of 6 to 10. A police officer said the autorickshaw driver lost control while negotiating a curve near Ballekere village in the taluk. According to eyewitnesses, the vehicle hit the parapet wall of Hosaholalu lake and plunged into a 15-foot-deep gorge.

An autorickshaw is permitted to carry three adult passengers.

Police said the driver found his vehicle wobbly as he drove on a carpet of freshly harvested finger-millet straw left on the road to dry . Farmers busy with the thrashing exercise and motorists ran down the gorge to pull the children out of the three-wheeler.

They summoned 108 ambulances, which took the injured children to hospital. The children are out of danger.

Javaregowda from the village said drivers were violating rules and carrying children far beyond the capacity of the vehicle. "Police, school authorities and parents must care more for the safety of children," he added. A police officer warned drivers against carrying more than the prescribed number of children in school trips. He cautioned farmers against thrashing their crops on roads.

The taluk hospital, surviving on a doctor and three support staff, was stretched as it battled a sudden rush of children into its premises. Some parents were seen jostling with each other to seek the attention of doctors for their injured children.

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May 19,2020

Yavatmal, May 19: Four migrant workers were killed and 15 others were injured after a bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck in Yavatmal on Tuesday morning.

The bus was travelling from Solapur to Jharkhand. More details are currently awaited.

This comes amid nationwide COVID-19 lockdown has been extended to May 31, albeit with some relaxations.

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July 7,2020

Meerut: The licence of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut has been suspended after a video showing its staff member providing fake Covid-19 report had gone viral.

"A video had gone viral in Meerut. We have registered a case in this regard. We have suspended the licence of the nursing home. Today, we have sealed it also. Strict action will be taken against anybody who will do something like this in this time of crisis,” said Anil Dhingra, District Magistrate, Meerut.

In the video, the person can be heard saying that they provide Covid-19 negative report for Rs 2,500, Dhingra stated.

Meerut CMO Rajkumar said, “In the video, a man from the hospital can be heard saying that he can arrange COVID-19 negative report and the person can get operation or other things done. We have identified the man. We have suspended the licence of the hospital and an FIR has been registered.”

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May 1,2020

Lucknow, May 1: Six members of a family were allegedly hacked to death by another family member over a property dispute in Gudauli village in the Banthra area on the outskirts of the city on Thursday, police said.

The accused, Ajay Singh (26), went to the local police station after committing the crime and surrendered, they added.

Singh allegedly had a heated argument with the family members over a property and attacked them with a sharp-edged weapon, the police said.

The accused allegedly killed his mother, father, elder brother, his wife and two children -- a son and a daughter -- they added.

The victims were identified as Amar (60), Ramsakhi (55), Arun (40), Ramdulari (35), Saurabh (7) and Sarika (2).

When asked, Commissioner of Police Sujeet Pandey said six members of a family were killed and the accused surrendered before the police.

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