Mangaluru: 25-year old student who came to Suratkal to attend sports meet, dies of drowning at beach
Mangaluru: A 25-year old student who had come to the city to take part in the Inter-NIT Sports meet that is taking place at NITK Suratkal, died of drowning at beach in Suratkal on Monday evening.
The deceased student has been identified as Nirmala Dangawal (25), a resident of Sagar in Madhya Pradesh. Two other students who were also drowing along with Nirmala were rescued and have been shifted to private hospital in the city for treatment.
According to the reports, about 23 students of NIT Warangal, including Nirmala had gone to the beach after taking part in the sport meet at the NITK Suratkal on Monday evening. When the students entered the waters for swimming three students Nirmala, Meghana and Kanoj were washed away by tides and started drowning.
The trio was soon brought to the shore by other student and were rushed to a private hospital where Nirmala was declared brought dead while the other two are being treated.
A case has been registered at Suratkal Police Station in this regard.
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Rahul Gandhi to attend friendly football match between Messi, Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will attend the GOAT India Tour event featuring football legend Lionel Messi at the RGI Cricket Stadium here on Saturday evening, Telangana Congress sources said.
A friendly match will be played between the two teams -- Singareni RR9 and Aparna-Messi All Stars. These two teams will be playing a 15-20 minute friendly match and five minutes before the game, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, a football enthusiast and Messi will join and will dribble the ball together.
Rahul Gandhi will land here on a special flight at 4.30 PM and will proceed to Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel where Messi will be staying.
After watching the game, Gandhi will leave for the national capital by 10.30 PM.
Elaborate security arrangements are being made for the event at the RGI Cricket stadium.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Sudheer Babu said security would be provided with 3,000 personnel.
