Mangaluru: Husband, wife die as truck knocks down scooter at Nanthoor

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June 12, 2018

Mangaluru, Jun 12: A married couple was killed after a reckless trucked rammed into a scooter at Nanthoor junction in the city today.

The deceased have been identified as Muhammad Sameer Kaup (30), who was riding the scooter and his wife Amreen (26), who was riding pillion.

According to sources, the cement-laden Eicher truck hit the scooter from behind a few meters away from Nanthoor Circle.

The impact was such that the husband and wife were thrown onto the road. Within seconds they were run over by the truck.

Both were rushed to a private hospital. The woman breathed her last even before reaching the hospital while her husband died in the hospital.

Police have registered a case and investigations are on. Negligence on part of truck driver is said to be main reason for the accident.

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very sad.

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Udupi: 5 smugglers nabbed, gold worth Rs 56 lakh seized

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March 1,2020

Udupi, Mar 1: Acting on credible information, Udupi district police arrested five persons and seized 1.35 kg of crude gold worth Rs 56.99 lakh from the possession of the accused, custom department said on Sunday.

A case has been registered against four people at Kundapur and one at Byndoor on charges of gold smuggling. The accused were transporting gold from Calicut to Bhatkal, informed Joannes George, joint Commissioner of Customs.

Off these five accused, four persons were held at Kundapur, while other at Byndoor on Saturday evening.

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BSY requests Maha govt to release 6 TMC water in view of drought in North Karnataka

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May 3,2020

Bengaluru, May 3: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa requested his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray to release six TMC water from his state's reservoirs to rivers in Karnataka to meet acute drinking water shortage in North Karnataka.

Yediyurappa pointed out that the North Karnataka districts, namely Belagavi, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Kalaburagi, Yadagiri and Raichur are facing acute shortage of drinking water due to onset of summer during early days of March this year.

"I request you to kindly direct the concerned authorities to release 3 TMC of water from Warna/Koyna reservoirs to Krishna river and 3 TMC of water from Ujjaini reservoir to Bhima river on humanitarian grounds for drinking purpose," Yediyurappa said in his letter.

He reminded Thackeray that even in the past the Maharashtra government had released water from its reservoirs to meet the drinking water needs of both human beings and livestock in drought-affected areas of Karnataka.

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