CM HD Kumaraswamy reaches Mangaluru
Mangaluru, September 7: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday morning reached Mangaluru as part of his visit to Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts.
The CM who reached Mangaluru airport received guard of honour from the police and directly went to Udupi.
Declining to speak to media, Kumaraswamy said that he would return to Mangaluru today evening and speak to the reporters. The CM would take a review meeting at zilla panchayat at Udupi. He will reach Mangaluru at 3 pm and take a review meeting there.
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
