Kasaragod, May 27: As the district is receiving heavy rainfall accompanied with thunder and lightning, a woman was injured after lightning struck to her house in Badiadka.

Pushpa (50) wife of Rama Naik of Peradala in Badiadka is the injured woman. She has been admitted to a private hospital in Kasargod.

Due to lightning the TV and other electrical appliances were damaged. Life in Kasargod district has come to a halt due to heavy rainfall that led power failure.



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Chandigarh (PTI): A bus carrying devotees overturned in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib's while returning from Anandpur Sahib, killing six and injuring 21 others, police said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred near Himmatpura on Morinda-Chunni road area in Bassi Pathana at around 10 pm on Tuesday when the devotees -- all residents of Main Majri in Fatehgarh Sahib -- were returning from Anandpur Sahib in Rupnagar district after paying obeisance on the occasion of Baisakhi.

The bus overturned on the road after some malfunction, a police official said.

Six people, including a woman, died in the incident while 21 sustained injuries, Fategarh Sahib Deputy Superintendent of Police Raj Kumar said.

The injured have been shifted to nearby hospitals, the police said.