Chikkamagaluru: Driver drowns as car goes out of control, falls into lake; passenger out of danger
Chikkamagaluru: The driver of a car traveling from Chikkamagaluru to Ambale village drowned to death as the car fell into a lake by the road after it went out of control near Ambale.
The passenger Santhosh is learned to be out of danger.
The deceased driver, identified as Dinesh (33), was a resident of Ambale and owned a cloth store in Chikkamagaluru. The fire brigade staff and police team got the body of Dinesh out of the lake waters.
The Chikkamagaluru Rural Police have registered a case and are investigating the incident.
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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
