Uppinangady: Verbal altercations between SDPI, Congress workers at polling booth
Uppinangady: Party workers of Congress and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) got into a verbal clash at a polling booth in Uppinangady on Thursday when the polling started in the Dakshina Kannada constituency.
According to the reports, Congress workers objected to SDPI workers allegedly seeking and trying to influence votes of electors in the premises of polling station at booth number 41 of block 206 here. The congress workers confronted SDPI workers with the objection which led to heated verbal arguments and exchanges before police reached the spot and dispersed the crowd.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
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.
