15 injured as truck collides with bus in Udupi
Udupi (Karnataka) (PTI): Fifteen people have been injured after a tipper truck collided head-on with a KSRTC bus in this district, police said.
According to authorities, the KSRTC bus was travelling from Neralakatte to Tallur when the overspeeding tipper truck collided with it near Shettarkatte turn in Kundapura late on Monday. 15 people, mostly those on board the bus, including seven students sustained injuries.
ALSO READ: ₹71.41 lakh ATM fraud: Bank of Baroda assistant manager booked in Karnataka’s Bantwal
Three seriously injured people were admitted to KMC Manipal for advanced treatment, while the remaining were taken to Kundapura Government and Adarsha hospitals. The tipper driver, Raghavendra, was admitted to Chinmayi Hospital. Kundapura police have registered a case and are investigating the incident.
Two patients are reported to be in critical condition with head injuries, while a third is out of danger. Learning about the incident, Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar visited the hospital and enquired about the condition of the injured patients.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
BJP using women's quota bill as front to pass Delimitation Bill that will break India: Mamata
Cooch Behar (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was using the proposed amendment to the women's quota law in Parliament as a front for the Delimitation Bill that would "break the country into pieces".
The TMC will fight this Central government's move at every step, she asserted at her party's poll rally here.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women's quota law, along with the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law, in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the Constitution amendment bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats will also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
Opposing the Centre's move, Banerjee alleged that "the BJP brought the Delimitation Bill while keeping the women's reservation bill at the front".
"The BJP is trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to nearly 850 through the Delimitation Bill. It will break the country into pieces," the TMC supremo said.
She also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not speaking the truth about the development of north Bengal at a BJP rally last week.
"The prime minister said nothing was done for the development of north Bengal. But we spent Rs 1.72 lakh crore on the development of the region," Banerjee said and asked Modi to cross-check data before making such remarks.
