3 killed, 7 injured in road accident in Jharkhand's Hazaribag
Hazaribag (PTI): At least three people, including a child, died and seven others were injured after their car hit a divider while overtaking a bus in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Wednesday, police said.
The accident occurred near Gangtahi bridge under Barhi police station limits around 6.30 am when they were returning from a wedding in West Bengal, they said.
"They were en route to Gaya in Bihar when the car hit a divider while overtaking a bus near Ganghati bridge," Barhi SDPO Ajit Kumar Bimal told PTI.
The injured were taken to hospital, where three of them succumbed to injuries during treatment, another officer said.
The deceased were identified as Poonam Devi (39), Jai Bhawani Yadav (28) and Ansika Kumari (10).
Superintendent of Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital, Hazaribag, Dr A K Purty said the condition of two of the injured was critical.
"They are being referred to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi for further treatment," he said.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
