Udupi: Former Nagaland governor Padmanabha Acharya passes away
Udupi, Nov 10: Senior BJP leader and former governor of Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya passed away in Mumbai on Friday, party sources said.
Acharya (92), who hailed from Udupi in Karnataka, breathed his last at his house here, the sources said.
The BJP veteran had also worked with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
Acharya had served as governor of Nagaland, Tripura, Assam and also handled the responsibilities as the governor of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
In his condolence message, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said Acharya remained committed to the organisation's ideology.
भाजपा नेता पद्मनाभ आचार्य जी के निधन का समाचार सुनकर अत्यंत दुःख हुआ। आचार्य जी जीवनभर विचारधारा और संगठन के प्रति समर्पित रहें। उन्हें जो भी जिम्मेदारी दी गयी उसे पुरी करने में उन्होंने कभी कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ी। पुर्वोत्तर भारत में उनका कार्य हमेशा याद रहेगा। ईश्वर दिवंगत आत्मा को…
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) November 10, 2023
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
