Karwar, February 3: A driver of a tractor was crushed under the vehicle when he lost he control over it at Nagashettikoppa village in Haliyal taluk on Thursday.
The victim, Hanumanth Jayaram Muttagi (30), hailed from Dori village near Alnavar in Dharwad district.
He was driving a tractor with double trolley and had lost control over the vehicle while driving down a slope, the police said. The tractor overturned and fell on Muttagi. The Haliyal police have registered a case.
Visakhapatnam, Jun 30: Two people were killed and four others were taken ill after benzene gas leaked at a pharmaceutical company at Parawada near here early on Tuesday morning, official sources said.
The situation was now under control as the leak was restricted to one unit in the Sainor Life Sciences company, the sources said.
The two killed were senior employees of the company, they said.
The injured persons have been admitted to a hospital in Gajuwaka, with one of them being put on ventilator support, the sources added.
District Collector V Vinay Chand and Police Commissioner R K Meena visited the company to take stock of the situation.
The cause of the leak that took place in a reactor unit at the plant is yet to be established.
The incident comes nearly two months after 11 people were killed and over 1000 taken ill after gas leak at a chemical plant here.
Kozhikode, Jul 20: A 17-year old boy died of head injuries while trying to protect his mother from being assaulted by his drunk father here, police said on Sunday.
The youngster suffered the fatal injury after his head hit against the door when his father shoved him at their home on Saturday. Venu, had come home in an inebriated state and picked up a quarrel with his wife and started beating her up, they said.
On seeing this, Alan tried to intervene. Though the boy was rushed to the hospital, his life could not be saved, they added. Venu was arrested and a case has been registered.
Kanpur, May 24: Three persons onboard separate Shramik Special trains lost their lives due to various ailment, officials said here on Saturday.
"Family members of the deceased said all were suffering from serious ailment. The travel history of all the three deceased passengers was taken, Kanpur District Magistrate Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari said.
Giving details about the deceased, he said Naichinalyu Disang (23), a resident of Nagaland, was going from Delhi to Dimapur.
"She was suffering from liver ailments," Tiwari said. As she coughed and vomited in the train, other passengers got terrified, he added.
The district magistrate said the body reached Kanpur Central Station at around 10.00 am.
Sample has been taken to check for the presence of novel coronavirus. She was working at a spa in Himachal Pradesh, he said.
Tiwari said Rajendra Prasad (50), a resident of Unnao, died on the Lucknow-bound special train from Andhra Pradesh.
Munni Devi (80), a resident of Siwan district in Bihar, died onboard the special train going from Surat to Siwan, the senior official informed.
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