Tumakuru: Senior BJP leader Sogadu Shivanna assaulted by party activist
Tumakuru: A senior leader in the Tumakuru district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sogadu Shivanna, is reported to have been physically assaulted in the presence of Union Minister V Somanna, during a function celebrating the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The function was organized at the guest house near the Somanna’s office in Tumakuru.
Shivanna, who is a former minister, has alleged that a party activist slapped and shoved him during the event, before Somanna intervened.
BJP Tumakuru District President Ravishankar Hebbaka and MLA GB Jyothi Ganesh were also present for the function.
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Five railway staffers injured as van headed to Rajdhani Express fire site overturns in MP
Ratlam (MP) (PTI): Five railway staffers were injured, one of them critically, when their van carrying repair equipment to the site of a Rajdhani Express fire overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Sunday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in an AC coach of the Delhi-bound Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express between Vikramgarh Alot and Lunirichha stations under the Kota division of the railways in Ratlam at 5.15 am.
It disrupted the movement of several trains on the Mumbai-Delhi route, as per the officials.
A van carrying necessary equipment to Alot overturned on the way when a cow suddenly strayed into the middle of the road, they said.
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Five railwaymen were injured, one of them critically, the officials said.
The incident took place when the van carrying essential equipment for overhead electric line repair, among other things, was on its way to Alot from Shyamnagar in Ratlam, West Central Railway's chief public relations officer Harshit Shrivastava told PTI.
The injured persons were rushed to the hospital and were subsequently referred to Kota in Rajasthan, officials said.
No casualties were reported in the train fire.
