Mangaluru, October 27: The fourth branch of the Apple Mart Hypermarket of the prestigious AK Group would be inaugurated at Ivory Enclave on SL Mathias Road at Attavar here on Sunday at 10 am.
Vice Chancellor of Yenepoya University Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi will inaugurate the new branch, while P.B Ibrahim of Bhatkala PBI Construction will be the first customer in the branch. IGP Panduranga H Rane will inaugurate Big Mishra Pedha stall, SMR Group President SM Rasheed Haji will inaugurate Reem Dates and Nuts stall, Mathias Aluminum Systems Group president Gregory Mathias will inaugurate S Cube stall, Corporator Abdul Ravoof will inaugurate fish and meat stall, while Dr K Reshma Pai of Srinivasa Dental College will inaugurate Blush and Bloom, Badminton player Akanksha S. Pai will launch Apples Toys Mart on the occasion, according to a press release.
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Mumbai (PTI): Eighteen passengers were injured, eight of them seriously, after a private bus they were travelling in collided with a stationary truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near Khopoli in Raigad district early on Saturday, police said.
The accident took place around 4 am, a police official said.
"The private bus, which was going to Mumbai from Kolhapur, rammed into the stationary truck. The accident occurred as the driver of the bus apparently lost control over the steering," he said.
Eighteen passengers were injured in the incident and they were rushed to the MGM Hospital at Kamothe in Raigad district, he said, adding that the condition of eight of them, including four women, is said to be critical.
As a result of the accident, the movement of vehicles on the route was affected, but the authorities soon cleared the traffic congestion, he said.
The Khopoli police are probing the incident, according to the official.