Belgavi: Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Irani will speak to women leaders from Belagavi district in the centenary hall of KLE Society’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College here on Saturday.

She will begin her day by paying floral tributes at the Kittur Channamma memorial at Bailhongal.

She will address a rally in MJ High School Ground in Bailhongal at noon. She will speak to women from various walks of life and party workers at 3 p.m. She will speak at a rally in Sambra near the airport before leaving for Bengaluru, MP Suresh Angadi told presspersons in Belagavi on Friday.

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Raichur: A truck driver sustained serious injuries and died in a road accident in the taluk on Tuesday after his vehicle collided with a stationary truck near Mannikeri Camp on the outskirts of Javalagera.

The deceased driver, Amaresh Basavaraj, was travelling from Hospet to Raichur. Reportedly, he was driving at high speed and rammed into a parked truck carrying timber from Chikkamagaluru to Raichur.

Amaresh suffered severe head injuries, resulting in heavy bleeding, along with injuries to his stomach and knees. He was being taken to Sindhanur Taluk Hospital but reportedly died on the way near the Javalagera bus stand. The front of the truck he was driving was heavily damaged in the collision.

A case has been registered at Balagavoor Police Station, and Sub-Inspector Yariyappa Angadi is investigating the case.

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