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Mangaluru: Woman killed, over 20 injured in Nanthoor serial accident

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December 7, 2017

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A woman was killed and more than 20 people injured in road accident occurred at Nanthoor Circle, the junction of National Highways 66 and 75 in the city on Thursday morning.

A private bus plying from Malali near Gurupura to the State Bank bus terminus in city collided with a speeding truck at the Circle at around 7:15 a.m.

The truck was moving from Udupi towards Kasargod on NH 66. After colliding with the bus, the truck moved to the right and hit a car coming from Kasaragod direction.

Kavitha (45), a woman on board the bus died on the spot in the accident while over 20 other passengers suffered injuries. Kavitha was working as a helper at the Government Lady Goschen Hospital in Mangaluru. The condition of some of them is said to be critical.

Bus driver Syed Arfan also suffered severe injuries in the accident and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Manglauru. Mangaluru East Traffic Police have registered a case and are investigating.

Accident at Bondel

In a separate incident, a bus rammed into a tractor at Bondel and injured its driver. The injured tractor driver has been identified as Shivananda (30) from Uttara Karnataka.

The tractor toppled and suffered major damages in the accident. Sleuths of Mangaluru East Police Station visited the spot and registered a case.

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sheefal dsilva
 - 
Thursday, 7 Dec 2017

The bus  drivers must be in speed limits , a lot of private  bus drivers  drive rash and 

 

 a very sad incident to know on a thrusday morning 

Kumar
 - 
Thursday, 7 Dec 2017

Many vehicle owners blaming potholes. But actually if potholes are there, some poeple will try to limit there speed. There are some usless young generations, who wont care potholes. They must die

Ramya
 - 
Thursday, 7 Dec 2017

Bus drivers wont care. For them collection is important

Naufal
 - 
Thursday, 7 Dec 2017

God saved. Only injuries

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May 19,2020

Mangaluru, May 19: With lockdown 4.0 coming into force, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) started bus services from Mangaluru to various destinations today.

According to officials, buses started plying from Mangaluru to Bengaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hubballi and other areas with limited passengers. A bus, which left for Bengaluru from Mangaluru had less than 30 passengers on board.

“Depending on the demand, the buses will be operated with 50% of the capacity. Measures have been taken to ensure that social distancing norms are adhered to while purchasing tickets from the counter,” said S N Arun, KSRTC Divisional Controller.

However, the KSRTC is yet to take a decision on operating Nagarasarige buses in the city. 

“Only those destinations, which can be reached by 7 pm has been considered by the KSRTC while operating the buses. As a result, after 11 am, no buses will travel to Bengaluru from Mangaluru. Further, permission will not be accorded for the travelling of pregnant women, children below 10 years old and senior citizens above 60 years old. Thermal scanning is used for checking the temperature of the passengers before boarding the buses. All the buses are sanitised after each trip,” he said.

Further, he said the contact number, name and address of the passengers are collected by the officials during the travel.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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August 1,2020

Udupi, Aug 1: A young rider lost his life after a head-on collision between a scooter and a car on K G Road in Udupi last evening.

The deceased has been identified as Praveen Ganiga (24), a resident of Kodavoor in Malpe.

According to police Praveen was riding his scooter on the wrong side of the road. The car was plying from Brahmavar to Udupi.

The people on board car suffered minor injuries in the mishap. A case was registered at Brahmavar police station and investigations are on.

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