Udupi : 3 labourers killed in tragic Tempo accident at Perdur
It was carrying pendals for PM Modi's event
Udupi : Three labourers have died when an Eicher tempo met with an accident near Perdur in Udupi on Sunday morning. It is said that the tempo was carrying pendals for the Prime minister Narendra Modi's upcoming Udupi election campaign event.
The three labourers who have died are yet to be identified. It is said that they were from Assam. Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit Udupi on 1st May and he will be addressing a public rally at MGM College ground in Udupi on that day. Pendals were being brought from Chitradurga for this event in tempo which is said to have lost control due to the negligence of driver and hit the electric pole.
There were around 12 labourers in the tempo. Among them, one died at the spot and two succumbed to their injuries while being taken to the hospital. Hiriadka Police have reached the spot and begun investigation.
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NHRC issues notice to DM, SP of Barmer in Rajasthan over branding of students with iron rod
New Delhi (PTI): The NHRC on Thursday said it has issued notice to the Barmer administration over reports that some students were allegedly branded with a hot iron rod by their teacher at a hostel inside a temple complex in the Rajasthan district.
Reportedly, the video of the incident also went viral on social media, the National Human Rights Commission said.
The human rights body said it has taken "suo motu cognisance of a media report that a teacher, annoyed with the bedwetting by some students, branded them with a hot iron rod at a hostel inside a temple complex in Barmer district".
The NHRC has observed that the content of the news report, if true, raises serious issues of violation of human rights.
Therefore, it has issued notices to the district magistrate and the superintendent of police of Barmer, seeking a detailed report within two weeks, including the health status of the victim students.
According to the media report, carried on August 22, one of the injured boys reached his home and reported the matter to his family, after which the villagers gathered in large numbers to protest, the commission said.
In another statement, the NHRC said it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that about 18 students at a government school in Bihar were allegedly subjected to "corporal punishment" by their teacher after locking them inside a room in Haflaganj area of Katihar district on August 21.
"Their ordeal stopped when some parents raised the alarm while visiting the premises in connection with some work," it said.
The commission has observed that the content of the news report, if true, raises serious issues of violation of the human rights of the students.
Therefore, it has issued notices to the state's chief secretary and the superintendent of police of Katihar, seeking a detailed report in two weeks.
According to the media report, also carried on August 22, several villagers gathered at the school and started protesting. Sensing trouble, all the male teachers fled the school. The police also reached the spot, it added.
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