Mangaluru, June 12: A couple died when their two-wheeler was hit by a mini lorry near Nanthoor circle in the city on Tuesday evening. The victims are identified as Mohammed Sameer (32) and his wife Amreen  (20) of Puttur.

Both of them were going to their relatives house from Kaup to Mangaluru on the two-wheeler when the accident occurred. When the couple reached Nantur circle, the lorry rammed the two-wheeler and both of them fell on the road sustaining severe injuries. Immediately, they were rushed to the hospital. But Amreen breathed her last within a few minutes of reaching the hospital, while Sameer succumbed to the injuries later.

Traffic (East) police registered a case.



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Guwahati(PTI): Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he would soon visit tea gardens, owned by public sector enterprise Andrew Yule, to revive its estates as workers are facing immense hardship.

Kumaraswamy, the minister of steel and heavy industries, thanked Assam Industries Minister Bimal Borah for apprising him of various challenges being faced by the tea gardens and the need to support the management to alleviate suffering of workers.

"We are concerned about the economic challenges and hardship of the tea gardens owned by Andrew Yule Group in Assam and its impact on the wage earners," Kumaraswamy said at a press conference here.

The tea garden wage earners will also get a 20 per cent Durga Puja bonus, like workers of other gardens, he said.

Referring to his recent visit to the Cement Corporation of India Ltd factory at Bokajan in Karbi Anglong district, Kumaraswamy said there was a plan for the revival of the cement industry in the state by investing Rs 700 crore.

He also emphasised on the need for a cement manufacturing unit in the northeastern states.

On the current development of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) policy utilisation in Assam, the union minister said more than Rs 2,000 crore would be invested for battery charging stations and nearly 70,000 such facilities will be set up across the country.

More than 18,000 e-buses will also be purchased to fulfil the goal of carbon emission reduction, Kumaraswamy added.