CM Kumaraswamy visits Sri Krishna Mutt at Udupi
Udupi, September 7: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who visited the twin districts on Friday for progress review, visited the Sri Krishna Mutt here.
Vidyadheesha Theertha Swamiji of Paryaya Palimaru Mutt took the Chief Minister to have dharshan of Lord Sri Krishna and blessed him. Udupi District Minister Jayamala, MLC Bhoje Gowda, JDS district president Yogesh Shetty, working president Vasudeva Rao and others were present on the occasion.
Before this, the Chief Minister who reached Udupi from Mangaluru by road was welcomed at Hejamadi. District Minister Jayamala, DC Priyanka Mary Francis and JDS leaders were present.
After visiting the Sri Krishna Mutt, the Chief Minister left to the Deputy Commissioner’s office at Manipal and he would hold a progress review meeting of the district in the presence of the district level officers.
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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.
