Bhatkal: Tree branch pierces Volvo bus; Conductor dies
Bhatkal: A KSRTC Volvo bus conductor was killed when a branch of a tree pierced the vehicle in Bhatkal on Thursday night.
The deceased has been identified as Panchayya Mathapati (35) from Belagavi.
The bus between Mangaluru-Bhatkal reached Bhatkal at around 8: 55 pm on Thursday. Then, the bus driver and conductor Panchayya had dinner after dropping passengers. The incident occurred at around 9: 30 pm when the bus was going to the KSRTC bus depot on Sagar Road.
When the bus driver took the bus off the road to avoid collision with an autorickshaw that was moving in opposite direction, a large branch of a tree pierced the bus and hit Panchayya. Consequently, he succumbed to the injuries on the spot.
Bhatkal police have registered a case regarding this.
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RS proceedings adjourned for day amid opposition protest over Adani bribery row, other issues
New Delhi(PTI): Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Wednesday as opposition members insisted on a discussion on various issues, including bribery charges related to the Adani Group.
The proceedings were briefly adjourned in the morning session due to opposition protest, and when the House re-assembled at 11.30 AM, there were identical scenes.
This prompted Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to adjourn the proceedings for the day, saying the "House is not in order".
The trobule started after Dhankhar rejected 18 notices under a rule of the House to suspend scheduled business and take up issues mentioned in the notices.
The notices related to demand for 'constitution of a JPC to investigate the alleged misconduct, including corruption, bribery, financial irregularities of the Adani Group in connivance with other authorities', violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and rising incidents of crime in the national capital.
"Upper House needs to reflect and follow well-established traditions that ruling of the Chair requires reference and not cause differences. I have, in detail, given reasons why, in these situations, notices are not being accepted," Dhankhar said while rejecting the notices under Rule 267 of the House.
On Monday also, the Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day during the morning session itself as opposition insisted on raising the issues related to Adani Group.
There was no sitting of the House on Tuesday.
The Adani Group said on Wednesday that Gautam Adani, and his nephew Sagar have not been charged with any violation of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the indictment that authorities filed in the New York court in an alleged bribery case.
