Madikeri: KSRTC bus hits tree as driver loses control; Major tragedy averted
Madikeri: Averting a major tragedy, a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus collided with a tree as the driver lost its control, avoiding a fall into a potentially tragic 50 feet gorge here at Kumbaragadige near Surlabbi in Somwarpet taluk.
The incident reportedly happened, after the driver of the KSRTC bus heading towards Somwarpet from Madikeri via Surlabbi lost control over the vehicle at the turn near Kumbaragadi village. As a result, the bus hit a tree on the side of the road. Among the passengers in the bus, most of them were reported to be school children.
Meanwhile, had the bus continued without hitting the tree, it might have ended up plunging into a 50-foot-deep gorge. The road in Surlabbi is narrow and has several curves. Simultaneously the locals claimed that the absence of signboards in the area was the cause of the accident, they also urged the concerned authorities to immediately install sign boards at the curves.
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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.
