Mangaluru: Former Union Minister Shatrugan Sinha on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to foreign countries 90 times in last five years not for the development of the country but for his personal growth.

He was speaking to media reporters during his visit to Madipu for election campaigning of Dakshina Kannada Congress candidate for Lok Sabha election Mithun Rai.

“The prime minister has used army and soldiers for his personal and political gains. The people of country should question Modi’s cost of being Chowkidar” he added.

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Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.

The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.

According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.

The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.

Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.

Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.