Five injured in pickup truck, auto-rickshaw collision in Bantwal
Bantwal: Five persons sustained injuries in a head-on collision between a pickup truck and rickshaw in Bantwal market area on Thursday afternoon here.
The pickup truck which was heading towards Bantwal from BC Road, loaded with soft drinks, collided with auto-rickshaw before hitting the electric pole beside the road overturning on the road. Drivers of both the vehicles have reportedly sustained injuries in the accident.
The auto-rickshaw driver has been identified as Gerald Sankthis while the driver of pickup truck has been identified as Gautam. Three passengers who were travelling on the auto-rickshaw have also sustained injuries in the accident.
The injured victim were initially take to private hospital on BC Road and were shifted to private hospital in Mangaluru after first-aid.
The incident led to blockage of traffic movement on the road for over an hour. Local traffic police reached the spot and registered a case in this regard.
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Defeated delimitation bill in Parliament to defend idea of India: Cong leader Rahul Gandhi
Chennai (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the opposition parties defeated the delimitation bill in the Parliament on Friday to defend the "idea of India."
Addressing a poll rally at Ponneri here, he said the BJP-led government at the Centre brought a new bill on April 16, and said they were trying to pass the women's bill, which he said was passed in 2023.
"In the so-called Women's Bill, delimitation was hidden. The idea was to reduce Tamil Nadu's representation in the Union of India... the delimitation move by BJP was to weaken the strength of southern states, small states, north eastern states," he alleged.
"We defeated in Parliament, a bill in which delimitation was hidden; we defeated it to defend the idea of India."
Rahul added that India that is Bharat, is a union of states, and every single state should have a voice, be free to express itself, and protect its tradition.
