Mangaluru: A rider killed on the spot when a private bus collided with his bike near Gurupura Agriculture Service Cooperative Bank in Gurupura today morning.

A private bus proceeding from Mangaluru to Karkala rammed into a bike which was also heading towards Mangaluru. The speeding bus hit a pickup vehicle before colliding with the bike. As the result, the bike rider was killed on the spot.

Details about the deceased is yet to be ascertained.

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Gadag: Two teenage students drowned while swimming in a water filled pit in Gadag district on Saturday, February 28.

The students have been identified as Basavaraj Badiger and Parashuram Vadder, both aged 15 and studying in Class 9.

Both were studying at Mulgund High School and were residing at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pre-Matric Boys’ Hostel.

According to police, the boys, along with four other friends, went swimming after finishing school in the afternoon.

All six boys went swimming in the large pit which was dug up, and had water accumulated in it. While the four knew swimming, both Basavaraj and Parashuram did not know swimming.

Swimming experts and fire brigade personnel have launched a search operation to locate the students.

Police from Mulgund Police Station visited the spot and carried out a preliminary investigation, and a case has been registered in this regard.