A lorry carrying wooden logs overturned on National Highway 66 near Ekkur while heading towards Talapady this afternoon.
District In-charge Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has said that a case has been filed at the Gorur Police Station against truck driver Bhuvan, whose alleged rash driving caused the disaster during the Ganesha procession in Hassan on Friday night.
Nepal's major political parties and apex lawyers' body have strongly criticised the president's decision to dissolve parliament, describing the move as "unconstitutional", "arbitrary" and a serious blow to democracy.
The truck driver involved in the devastating accident near Mosale Hosahalli in Hassan district, which killed nine people during a Ganesh idol procession, is now in critical condition after being beaten by an angry mob at the scene.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said that she is "glad" that Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to visit Manipur two years after the widespread violence in that state, but he should have thought of it before.
The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that any direction to conduct special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at regular intervals throughout the country would "encroach" upon the exclusive jurisdiction of the poll panel.
Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur a "pit stop", the Congress on Saturday alleged that the trip is "tokenism" and a "grave insult" to the people of the state.
A prominent personality in English cricket is under police investigation over allegations of drink spiking and sexual assault involving two women.
Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of murdering her husband Raja during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, filed a bail petition.
Several vehicles were buried under debris, and farms were damaged due to a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district in the wee hours of Saturday. However, no casualty was reported, officials said.
