Bengaluru: Congress stages 'Tanga' protest against price rise
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka unit of the Congress on Friday staged a 'Tanga' protest against the rising fuel prices.
Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah accompanied by the Congress state chief D K Shivakumar and party MLAs led the march riding on a horse-drawn vehicle from the Congress office to the Vidhana Soudha on the last day of the Karnataka Assembly.
A large number of Congress workers too joined the protest raising slogans and holding placards, banners and posters.
Speaking to reporters at the Vidhana Soudha, Shivakumar said the entire country is suffering due to the exorbitant rise in petrol and diesel prices, which is resulting in cascading effect on prices of other commodities.
"People are unable to construct houses due to the rise in cement and steel prices. There was no help from the government even after the COVID induced hardships," he said.
He said the Congress was only lending its voice to the sufferings of all sections of people.
He further said the party would stage demonstrations in all the Panchayats and municipal wards throughout October starting from Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.
Addressing reporters, Siddaramaiah said prices have sky-rocketed after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of the country.
According to him, the tax on diesel was only Rs 3.35 in 2014 when Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister, which has increased to Rs 31.84.
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Nine of family killed as car falls into well in Nashik district
Nashik (PTI): Nine members of a family, including six children, were killed after their car fell into a well in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Saturday.
The accident occurred in the Shivaji Nagar area of Dindori town around 10 pm on Friday, an official said.
The victims were heading home after attending a function at a banquet hall in the area when their car fell into a well near the venue, he said.
Personnel from the local police and emergency services arrived at the scene and retrieved the car and its occupants with the help of two cranes and swimmers around midnight.
The victims were members of the Dargude family from Indore village in Dindori taluka, the official said.
According to the police, the deceased were identified as Sunil Dattu Dargude (32), his wife Reshma, Asha Anil Dargude (32), and six children from the family, five girls in the age group of seven to 14 years and an 11-year-old boy.
Their bodies were brought to the government hospital in Dindori, the official said, adding that a case has been registered and a probe is underway to ascertain the cause of the accident.
