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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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Madikeri, Jun 5: Karnataka Minister for Revenue R Ashok said a Rs 10 crore grant would be released shortly for construction of a permanent building for 'Relief Centre' in Kodagu district which is vulnerable to floods because of its hilly landscape.

According to an official release here on Friday, the Minister symbolically handed over the newly built houses to flood victims in Jambur in Somwarpet on Thursday evening.

He said that whenever the 'Relief Centre' is vacant it will be used for government meetings.

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August 1,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 1: A teenage boy, who was critically injured in a road accident at Manchi village in Bantwal taluk, breathed his last at a private hospital in the city today.

The victim has been identified as Mohammad Unais (17), a resident of Bolanthoor village.  

The mishap occurred yesterday (July 31) at around 6 p.m. when Unais was riding a motorbike.

In his bid to overtake a speeding lorry near the Manchi mosque, the boy lost control over his motorbike, which first rammed into an auto-rickshaw and then collided with the same lorry. 

The impact was such that the boy was thrown onto the road. He was immediately rushed to a hospital in Mangaluru. 

He breathed his last early today without responding to any treatment. 

A case has been registered at jurisdictional Melkar Traffic Police Station and investigations are on.

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February 19,2020

Malappuram (Kerala), Feb 19:  children of a couple in a span of nine years has raised suspicion among police personnel here who have registered a case following a complaint after a three-month-old child of the family died on Tuesday and was buried.

Police exhumed the body, which was buried in the morning, and took it to the district hospital at Tirur for post-mortem.

The infant was the sixth child of the couple, police said.

"A case has been registered (for unnatural death) in the matter to verify the death beyond any suspicion raised by locals since five other children of the couple had died in the past nine years," a senior police official said.

The couple had three boys and three girls of which the third girl child lived till the age of four and the rest died before turning one.

"The post-mortem will take place today itself.We are collecting the medical records of the children who had passed away earlier.

We will identify the cause of death after analysing the records and discuss the matter with forensic doctors," Tirur Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) said.

However, relatives claimed that there was nothing suspicious in the death of the children and that doctors have said it was due to some genetic disease.

"The post-mortem of the third child was conducted and the doctors said the death was due to some genetic problems. They said they were helpless," a relative said, adding that the family was ready to face any probe.

According to the locals, the couple had claimed that the children have died due to epilepsy.

Sources said the baby was taken to a hospital but was dead prior to reaching the hospital early this morning.

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