7 people including mother-two children, SSLC student drown in Mandya district
Mandya: In three different cases, seven people have drowned in various parts of the district on Sunday.
Three people drowned in the lake of Beeranahalli in Nagamangala taluk, two in Cholasandra village and two in Ganganahalli village of K R Pet taluk.
In Beeranahalli, Geetha Narasimhayya, 38, and her children Savitha, 19, and Soumya, 14 went to the lake on Sunday morning to wash clothes. One of the girls slipped and fell into the lake. The mother and sister who tried to rescue her too fell into the water and all three of them drowned, said sources.
Nagamangala rural police have registered a case.
In Cholasandra of Bellur hobli, Gangadharayya's daughter Rashmi, 22, and her niece Inchara, 7, had gone to the Yaladahalli lake to wash clothes, when they slipped and fell into the water.
Bellur police have registered a case.
Two people who had gone to the Hemavathi channel to wash their cattle drowned in the channel in Huruli Ganganahalli of kasaba hobli in K R Pet taluk on Sunday morning.
Abhishek, 15, son of Swami Gowda of Huruli Ganganahalli, and his uncle Kumar, 25, son of Javaregowda of Adihalli village, had gone to the lake with their cattle, where Abhishek accidentally slipped into a deep point in the water. Kumar tried to rescue Abhishek but he too drowned in the channel.
K R Pet fire brigade officer Srinivas Rao led team that brought the bodies to the shore and handed them to the families. Taluk APMC president J Chandrahasa and vice president have assured of recompensing the families of the duo that drowned.
Kikkeri police have registered a case.
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Congress gets final eviction notices for Akbar Road, Raisina Road offices
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress party has received notices from the Estate department to vacate its 24, Akbar road office and 5, Raisina Road premises in Lutyens Delhi by March 28, according to sources.
The party faces eviction of its old party office, which it has held since 1978, as this is the final notice sent by the estate department.
The party continues to have its headquarters at its Akbar Road office, while the Indian Youth Congress functions from the Raisina Road premises.
The sources said that the notice was delivered a few days and has not even given a week's time to the grand old party.
Sources in the party said the Congress is yet to formulate its strategy on the issue and may even approach court in view of the sudden notice.
The Congress has already constructed its new party office at Indira Bhawan.
While the party did not say anything officially, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said the government should apply its rule uniformly to all and not single it out.
