Bhatkal: Bailoor Gram Panchayath members who had appealed for no confidence motion against Panchayath President Manjunath failed to appear before Bhatkal Assistant Commissioner (AC), Sajid Ahmed Mulla on Saturday when he had scheduled the vote of confidence motion.

Only Manjunath Naik, was appeared before Assistant Commissioner while all the other members who wrote to AC for the confidence test remained absent. Thereby Manjunath Naik will now continue on his position as president of Panchayath.

A total of 10 members had filed for vote of confidence to AC.

Earlier too, members had similarly filed for no confidence motion twice but then, Manjunath Naik had approached High Court and had bailed himself out of the situation twice.

It is being said that former MLA Mankal Vaidya and Honnavar APMC President Gopal Naik, who supports Manjunath Naik, intervened and negotiated with other members of Panchayath which convinced them to give the no confidence motion a skip.

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Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.

He was 45.

Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.

Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.

"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.