Tragic road accident kills two, injures two others who were writing "Happy New Year" on road
Karkala: In a tragic incident reported from Miyar in Karkala Taluk two youngsters who were writing "Happy New Year" on road, died after being hit by a car on late Thursday night here.
The deceased have been identified as Sharan (26) and Siddhu (25), both residents of Vijayapura District.
Two others, identified as Thouseef and Basavaraj were injured in the accident and were shifted to Karkala Government Hospital for treatment.
The incident took place when the four were writing "Happy New Year" on road around 10:45 pm on Thursday. A Maruti Eco car hit the accident victims, killing two and injuring others.
One of the victim reportedly died on the spot while another breathed his last in the hospital.
A case has been registered at Karkala Police Station in this regard
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
