Bhatkal: A two-wheeler rider died on the spot after being hit by a truck on Sunday afternoon here near the Taluka Panchayath office.

The deceased person has been identified as Abdul Khadir Ishtiyaque (44) a resident of Madeena Colony here.

According to the locals, Khadeer died on the spot after being hit by the truck and sustaining critical injuries.

A case in this regard has been registered at local police station and further investigations are underway.

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Kolkata (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter failed to land at the Taherpur helipad in West Bengal owing to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area on Saturday, an official said.

The PM’s chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the Kolkata airport, he said.

Till reports last received, the Prime Minister was waiting at the airport for further updates on the weather situation.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Modi would reach the rally venue district by road or whether he would wait for the weather to clear up and make another attempt to reach Taherpur by the aerial route, the official said.

Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister reached Kolkata at around 10.40 am and took a chopper onward to Taherpur in Nadia district, where he is scheduled to hold an administrative programme to launch highway projects in West Bengal, followed by a political rally of the BJP, titled Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha, which he is supposed to address.