Bantwala, July 27: A two-year-old child fell into an open toilet pit and died at Tumbe in the taluk on Friday.  The child is identified as Ayesha, daughter of Ahmed Bava of Tumbe Valavoor.

While playing in the walker, the child slipped into the open toilet pit. The family members cleaned the toilet pit and were supposed to close it. But before closing the pit, the child fell into it along with the walker.  When the family members did not hear the sound for more than half an hour, they searched the child and found it inside the pit. Though the child was lifted and admitted to the hospital, it did not respond to the treatment. Bantwala rural police registered a case.



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New Delhi (PTI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Monday after paying tributes to departed members of the House, including two MPs who won the parliamentary elections this year.

As soon as the House met on the first day of the Winter Session, Speaker Om Birla mentioned the deaths of Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan, who was elected to the House from Nanded constituency in Maharashtra and Sk Nurul Islam, who was elected from the Basirhat seat in West Bengal.

Birla also mentioned the deaths of three former members -- M. M. Lawrence (Kerala), M Parvathi (Andhra Pradesh) and Harischandra Devram Chavan (Maharashtra) -- and paid respects to them.

After the House remained silent for some time as a mark of respect to the departed leaders, the Speaker adjourned the House till 12 noon.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, DMK leader T R Baalu, and Congress' Gaurav Gogoi were among those present in the Lower House.

Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan, son of deceased MP Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan, got elected as MP from Nanded in the just concluded by-elections.