Chikkamagaluru: Two farmers were electrocuted in separate instances in Chikkamagaluru district.

 A farmer and a cow were electrocuted after they came in contact with an iron fencing which incidentally carried electricity in S Bidre village in Kadur Taluk.

 The deceased has been identified as Ramesh (48), a resident of S.Bidre in Kadur Taluk.

 Due to the heavy rains lashed last night, the iron fencing came in contact with an electric wire. When Ramesh noticed the cow struggling after the electric shock, he jumped in to save the animal, but unfortunately, both of them died.

The locals, who alleged that the negligence of MESCOM leads this tragedy, demanded a fair compensation to the victim.

 A case has been registered at the Sakharayapattana police station.

 

Farmer electrocuted in Doddane village pumpset

A farmer was electrocuted while he was switching on a pumpset at Doddane village in Sringeri taluk.

DS Shivashankar (59), a resident of Doddane, was killed.

Sringeri police have registered a case.  

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Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being "controlled" by US President Donald Trump and that the PM wanted the AIADMK to capture power so that he could control Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

Also, he claimed that the prime minister "handed out our energy security and gave away our data, besides selling our farmers and small and medium industries."

"You saw yesterday (in Parliament) the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi completely lacking confidence," Rahul said on the delimitation bill.

"He (PM) could not even face the opposition. He was sitting sideways. And the reason is, he is controlled by the United States. He signed the India-US deal that sold our country out," Rahul said while addressing an election rally here.

He further said, "Today, if Donald Trump tells Modi to jump, Modi jumps. If Donald Trump tells Modi to lie down, Modi lies down. Why? Because Donald Trump controls Modi fully. How does he control him? He controls through the Epstein files. He controls him because he knows Modi's financial systems and understands Modi's link with Adani," the Congress leader alleged.

Just as he was being controlled by Trump, Modi wanted to do the same to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. "That is why he wants to put AIADMK in power in TN," Rahul said.

The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as “little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt”.