Singer Balabhaskar and wife critical after car accident, daughter passes away
New Delhi : Music composer and violinist Balabhaskar and his family met with an accident near Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. The accident happened at Pallipuram.
Balabhaskar and his wife Lakshmi are in a critical condition but Tejasvini, their 2-year-old daughter, passed away. The driver Arjun was also injured in the accident and is receiving treatment.
It is being reported that the family was traveling back from Thrissur where they were visiting a temple. The Mangalapuram police told The News Minute, “We assume that the driver dozed off, which caused the accident. The family was returning from Thrissur after visiting a temple.”
Balabhaskar and his family were traveling in a car on Tuesday morning when it hit a tree. A highway patrol unit near the site took them to the nearest hospital.
Balabhaskar started doing stage shows when he was only 12-years-old. He is known for popularsing fusion music in south India. He became the youngest music director in Malayalam films after he gave music for Mangalya Pallak when he was only 17.
courtesy : indianexpress.com
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Himanta resigns as Assam CM, paving way for formation of new govt
Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday resigned along with his cabinet colleagues, paving the way for formation of a new government led by the BJP, officials said.
The BJP-led NDA bagged 102 seats in the 126-member assembly. The assembly elections were held in a single phase on April 9, and counting of votes took place on May 4.
"Following the formal notification of the results of #AssamElections2026 and to enable the formation of the new government, Dr @himantabiswa tendered his resignation as Chief Minister along with that of the council of Ministers to Hon'ble Governor Shri @Laxmanacharya54 today at Lok Bhawan," the Chief Minister's Office said in a post on X.
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The Governor has accepted the resignation, and requested Sarma to continue as the caretaker CM till the new government assumes office, it said.
Later, speaking to reporters outside the Lok Bhawan, Sarma said the oath-taking ceremony is likely to take place after May 11.
“As it was a historic win, we have invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grace the occasion," he said.
The new Assam chief minister will be selected at a meeting of the BJP legislature party in presence of central observers, Sarma said.
