Koppa: 17 students fall ill after consuming milk at school
Koppa, Sept 15: As many as 17 students and a Physical Education teacher fell ill after drinking milk at a school in Niluvagilu village in the taluk on Saturday.
Students and teacher Mohan Gowda of a government primary school at Niluvagilu near Hariharapura taluk complained of vomiting after consuming milk. Following which, they were admitted to Hariharapura and Koppa hospitals.
The incident took place at 11 am on Saturday when the cook reportedly mixed urea fertilizers in the milk instead of sugar. A case has been registered regarding this at Hariharpara police station. The police have detained the cooks Yashoda, Sharada and Gulabi. The students and the teacher have been discharged from the hospital in the evening.
MLA T.D Rajegowda, former MLA D.N Jeevaraj, ZP President Sujata, Praveen Kumar, BEO Ganapati, Tahsildar Tanuja visited the hospital and enquired the health of the students.
The school teacher's negligence along with the cooks is quite visible. I have informed the police officers to take action against the culprits. The comprehensive information on the incident will come out after a thorough investigation. Students are treated well, and parents do not need to be afraid.
- T.D.Raje Gowda, MLA
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
