Chikkamagaluru: 15-year-old school girl dies, another injured after over-speeding private bus hits
Chikkamagaluru: A 15-year-old school girl was killed and a 14-year-old girl was seriously injured after being hit by an over-speeding private bus when they were waiting for the bus by the road in Kaval Duggapura village of Tarikere taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, on Thursday morning.
The deceased school girl is identified as Tulasi while Niveditha, who was injured, is being treated at the McGann Hospital in Shivamogga.
The driver of the private bus allegedly lost control over the vehicle, which was on high speed, and hit a group of school children standing by the road. Tulasi and Niveditha were grievously injured as a result of the collision and were taken to the McGann Hospital for treatment. Tulasi, however, died as she could not respond to the treatment. Five other students in the group, who were also hit by the bus, are learned to be safe.
Tarikere Police officers visited the accident spot for an inspection. The locals have urged the authorities concerned to take action in the matter. "Many of the private buses are driven at high speed, leading to several fatal accidents. The authorities should pass an order to limit the speed at which the private buses are driven," they have asked.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
