Tragic collision claims lives of five in Gadag; Five children injured
Gadag: In a devastating accident on the outskirts of Naregal town in Gajendragadh taluk, an SUV carrying people, including three women, met with a fatal collision with a bus. The incident resulted in the immediate demise of five passengers in the SUV, while five children suffered severe injuries.
Although the victims were later identified as residents of Madaniparaga in Alanda taluk, Kalaburagi district, their specific identities are yet to be officially confirmed. The group was reportedly en route to the Fakeereshwara Mutt in Shirahatti, Gadag district, when their SUV collided head-on with a bus traveling from Gadag to Gajendragadh.
The collision proved fatal for five passengers in the SUV, while the impact left five children seriously injured. The injured children were rushed to nearby medical facilities for urgent medical attention.
A case has been registered at the Naregal Police Station, and an investigation is currently underway. Police officers from Naregal visited the accident site.
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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.
