Six men with earphones on hit by train, dies
Lucknow: Six youth were run over by a train engine early on Monday in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh.
The incident occurred in Pilakhua when seven of them were loitering around a railway track. They apparently had ear phones on and were listening to music when the tragedy struck.
All were daily wagers and worked as painters. The victims were supposed to board a train from Ghaziabad for a painting contract in Hyderabad. But they missed that train and returned to Pilakhua a little after midnight.
According to eyewitnesses, they appeared disturbed and were walking dangerously close to the railway tracks near the Gandhi Gate.
Salim, Arif, Sameer, Akash, Rahul and Vijay were run over by the train engine on a 'shuttling' duty.
One person, critically injured, was admitted to a medical facility.
An angry mob started protesting at the accident site. However, senior officials, including District Magistrate Krishna Karunesh and Superintendent of Police Hemant Kutiyal, who reached the spot, pacified them and the bodies were sent for post-mortem, an official said.
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KSRTC inducts 20 Ambaari Utsav sleeper buses
Bengaluru, Dec 24: Karnataka Transport and Muzrai Minister Ramalingareddy on Tuesday inaugurated 20 Ambaari Utsav sleeper buses of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
He also distributed temporary deputation orders for Driver-cum-Conductors to 82 candidates with highest scores in the driving test conducted at the Humnabad Training Centre.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, MLA Gubbi, chairman of KSRTC S R Srinivas and vice-chairman Mohammed Rizwan Nawab were also present.
Ambaari Utsav sleeper buses will operate between Bengaluru and Kundapura, Mangaluru, Nellore, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Ernakulam.
According to KSRTC, 35.43 lakh passengers daily make use of its service through 8,896 vehicles.
It also stated that the Karnataka government has approved addition of 5,800 new buses to the state transport corporations, of which 4,301 buses have been added across four corporations – KSRTC, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation and Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation -- in the past one year.
The government has also granted permission for the recruitment of 9,000 posts across four corporations and 2,144 drivers, conductors, and technical staff have been recruited till now. The recruitment process for 6,856 positions will be completed soon.
KSRTC launched 20 Ambari Utsav buses on Tuesday. In total, KSRTC now has 40 buses. The newly launched buses are available for service from today.@santwana99 @RLR_BTM @dineshgrao @KSRTC_Journeys @AshwiniMS_TNIE @aknisreekarthik @ramupatil_TNIE @XpressBengaluru pic.twitter.com/4buyAIYzBs
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