Renowned Urdu poet, translator Syed Ahmed Esar passes away
Bengaluru: Former Indian Forest Service officer and renowned Urdu poet Syed Ahmed Esar passed away on Wednesday in Bengaluru. He was 98.
After retiring from the Indian Forest Service in 1980, Esar dedicated his life to translating the work of canonical Persian poets into Urdu.
His magnum opus: the translation of Rumi's Masnawi – with more than 27,000 verses in that poem is one of the most significant works of Esar.
He is also a recipient of the Hafeez Merathi Award by Idara Adab-e-Islami Karnataka and Goa zone.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
