Former CMs Siddaramaiah, Kumaraswamy demands release of pro-Kannada activists
Bengaluru: Expressing their dissent over the arrest of Kannadiga activists former Karnataka Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy have demanded immediate release of the activists of pro-Kannada organisations.
Siddaramaiah while condemning the move by state government to arrest pro-Kannada activists added that the state government was trying to communalize the entire incident.
Kumaraswamy also took to twitter and urged the CM to withdraw cases booked against the activist while also adding that he should focus on getting relief funds for the state from centre using his power.
The incident pertains to arrest of six pro-Kannada activists who had arrived at a building belonging to Jain community on inventory road, question use of Hindi language on banners. They had then climbed up the building to displace banners, followed by their arrest by Commercial Street Police.
The activists reportedly belong to ‘Karnataka Rakshana Sene’.
Ever since the arrest of the activists the state government has faced backlash from pro-Kannada organisation which is now being politicized.
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Two workers trapped after wall of opencast coal mine collapses in Jharkhand
Hazaribag (PTI): Two workers have been trapped after the wall of an opencast mine collapsed on a truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, police said on Sunday.
The accident occurred around 11 pm on Saturday in the command area of Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) under the Urimari Police Station limits when the highwall of the mine caved in on the coal-loading vehicle, a senior officer said.
A highwall in mining is the face of exposed overburden and coal in a mine, and its stability is important for safety of miners and equipment, experts said.
The trapped coal workers, who were on the truck when the accident occurred, were identified as Sunil Yadav (30) and Raju Paswan (50), Barkagaon sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Pawan Kumar said.
"A rescue operation is underway for the two workers. Another person has already been rescued from the accident site and admitted to a hospital here," he added.
The trapped workers could not be rescued on Saturday night due to darkness, fog and a protest by coal workers there, the SDPO said.
The labourers at the opencast mine stopped their coal extraction activities after the accident, he added.
