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Narrow escape for 40 school children as BMTC bus catches fire near Mudigere

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December 4, 2016

Bengaluru, Dec 4: As many as 40 school children had a narrow escape when a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus carrying them to Srirangapatna caught fire near Mudigere near Channapattana on Saturday.

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Around 300 children belonging to BEL school in Jalahalli were on their way to Srirangapatna in six buses for an educational trip. The driver of one of the buses noticed smoke and stopped the bus asking the children to get down. Villagers also rushed to the spot and helped the children and teachers alight. Electrical short-circuit is suspected to have been the reason behind the fire.

Traffic movement on the busy Mysore-Bangalore Road was disrupted for over two hours till the fire and emergency service personnel rushed to the spot and put out the fire.

The children were later taken to Srirangapatna in another bus.

The bus, KA 57F105, belonged to Depot number 8 of the BMTC and was part of a casual contract scheme which the school had opted for. “There were six buses which had been hired and this particular bus caught fire because of a short circuit. Everyone managed to escape. We are looking into the reasons behind the short circuit, but it seems to be a mechanical fault,” a BMTC spokesperson said.

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HAARIS
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Monday, 5 Dec 2016

Ya Allah Save school children

Saleem
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Sunday, 4 Dec 2016

Ya Allah you are the most exalted and most High.

Asif
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Sunday, 4 Dec 2016

Al Hamdulillah... Childrens are safe...

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Gauripura Chandru (54), who was one of the sub-editors of Vijaya Karnataka Kannada daily newspaper, had reportedly suffered cardiac arrest.

It is learnt that Chandru wasn’t keeping well for past few days. He collapsed at his home on Thursday afternoon and was immediately rushed to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

A native of Gauripura in Chitradurga district, Chandru had completed graduation in engineering. However, he had chosen journalism as his profession.

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In a complaint submitted to Udupi Cyber Crime, Economic Offences & Narcotics (CEN) police station on Friday, UPCL Association General Manager K Shashidar alleged that four fake websites have been created in the name of UPCL and have claimed that 1,800 engineers posts are vacant in UPCL.

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Udupi CEN station has registered a case under Section 66(c), 66(d) of IT Act.

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Kasaragod, Jul 8: The meeting of Kasaragod district-level corona control core committee has resolved to make pass mandatory for vehicles to bring vegetables and fruits to Kasaragod from Dakshina Kannada and other parts of Karnataka.

Pass will be issued by RTO. Employees, including the driver of the vehicle, must visit the nearest primary health facility once in seven days and undergo a health check and submit a medical officer's certificate.

District Collector Dr D Sajith Babu, who presided over the meeting, said that only those vegetable and fruit vehicles that produce medical officer's certificate and RTO's passes will be allowed to cross the border.

Meeting, the RTO has decided to convene an emergency meeting of vegetable and fruit merchants.

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