Puttur: Two-wheeler rider dies in road accident
Puttur: In a gruesome accident that occurred on Monday morning, a lorry crashed into a scooter resulting in the death of the rider on the Mani-Mysuru National Highway’s Bypass road in Thenkila at Puttur.
The deceased has been identified as Sitaram Bhat, a resident of Bellare in Sulya Taluk. It is learned that the lorry crashed into his scooter head-on at Thenkila, while he was enroute to Mangaluru from Bellare. Reportedly, the impact of the collision caused him to be thrown off onto the road that resulted in grievous injuries which caused his instantaneous death on the spot.
The dead body of the accident victim was taken to the Puttur Government Hospital. A case has been registered in this regard at the Puttur Traffic Police Station.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
