Yeddyurappa must answer: Chief Minister Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru, Jan 26: Chief Minister Kumaraswamy today demanded that BJP president Yeddyurappa must answer why Dr. Shivakumar Swamiji was not been chosen for the Bharat Ratna award.
He was speaking to media persons after garlanding the statue of Sangolli Rayanna as part of the Republic Day celebration in front of the City Railway Station on Saturday. "Why Yeddyurappa is not talking about rejecting Swamiji's name from the list of 'Bharat Ratna' awardees.
Yeddyurappa is telling lies that no Operation Kamala is going on here. The BJP's horse trading has not stopped yet. They are trying to buy our MLAs, Kumaraswamy accused.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.
The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.
The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.
Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.
