Sullia, August 15: A lineman was electrocuted while repairing an electric pole at Boliamajalu near here on Wednesday.

The deceased is identified as Janardhan Nayak (48) of Aletti village. He was working as a lineman on contract basis for the last 20 years at Sullia Mescom office. Along with him, his brother Harish Nayak was also working. Both of them were working at high tension line at Boliamajalu since morning. When the incident happened, both of them were working in a single electric pole. While Harish Nayak was in the middle of the pole, Janardhan was repairing the electric wires on the top of the pole. When the Mescom permanent linemen suddenly charged the line at this moment, Janardhan Nayak was electrocuted and he burnt alive on the electric pole.

Sullia Mescom AEE  and the police visited the spot. Later, the body was shifted to the government hospital. Sullia police registered a case. Janardhan Nayak survived by his wife and a daughter.



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New Delhi (PTI): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday postponed the class 10 and 12 board exams scheduled for March 5 in the Middle East region amid the Iran-Israel conflict, officials said.

"Due to the current situation in parts of the Middle East---Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE, the board has decided to postpone class 10, 12 exams on March 5,” said CBSE Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj.

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The new dates will be announced later, and for further exams, the situation will be reviewed on March 5, Bhardwaj added.

On Sunday, the board had postponed the exam scheduled on March 2 in the region.

This comes as the Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States on Saturday. His death was confirmed on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump said the heavy and pinpoint bombing of Iran would continue through the week or as long as necessary.