Speeding truck hits scooter, car on NH bypass in Chamarajnagar: Number of victims rises to four
Chamarajnagar: The number of victims in the accident that occurred on the National Highway bypass in Somwarpet on Saturday, involving a truck, a car and a two-wheeler, has risen to four.
The accident reportedly occurred when four minor boys traveling on a scooter were crossing the bypass of the national highway leading to Dindigul in Tamil Nadu and a speeding truck hit the scooter before colliding with the car head-on.
While the youngster riding the two-wheeler, Mehran (13), of Chamarajnagar was killed on the spot, the other three boys with him, identified as Faizal (11), Adnan Pasha (9) and Syed Riyan (9), died at a private hospital in Mysuru.
The car driver, Shrikanth of Vijayapura, and a passenger, Kinanth Manikanth Dandge of Solapur in Maharashtra, are said to have been injured.
The truck driver has been identified as Jnanasundar of Erode in Tamil Nadu.
Chamarajnagar Traffic Police have registered a case and are investigating.
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Budget allocation to AYUSH Ministry sees 20% rise
New Delhi (PTI): Budget allocation for the AYUSH ministry saw 20 per cent increase, from Rs 3,671.82 crore (revised estimates) in FY 2025-26 to Rs 4,408.93 crore in FY 2026-27.
The government has also announced the setting up of three new All India Institutes of Ayurveda to strengthen research in the field.
Presenting the Union Budget 2026-27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Ancient Indian Yoga, already respected in several parts of the world, was given a mass global recognition when the Prime Minister took it to the United Nations."
Stating that post-Covid Ayurveda has gained similar global acceptance and recognition, Sitharaman said exporting quality Ayurvedic products could help farmers who grow the herbs and the youth who process them.
To meet the global demand, she proposed setting up of three new All India Institutes of Ayurveda, upgrading AYUSH pharmacies and drug-testing labs for higher standards of certification ecosystem, making available more skilled personnel, and upgrading the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre in Jamnagar to bolster evidence-based research, training and awareness on traditional medicine.
Among the Centrally sponsored schemes, the allocation for the National AYUSH Mission has been increased from Rs 780.96 crore in FY 2025-26 to Rs 1,300 crore in FY 2026-27, registering 66.5 per cent hike.
The allocation for the All India Institute of Ayurveda has been reduced by 12 per cent.
Funding for the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda has also declined from 279.24 crore to 219.05 crore.
