Bengaluru, Dec 5: “Congress-JDS coalition government is as strong as rock and there will be of no use if people do anything against it”, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said.

He was speaking after inaugurating the distribution of taxi and goods vehicles for the beneficiaries of Minority Community given by the Minority Development Corporation, in front of the Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday.

Responding to the statement of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar that turbulence would be created in the state politics on the decision to be taken by Yeddyurappa in another six months in Karnataka, the CM said that such statements were not worth to react. The BJP leaders have been giving such statements for the last six months. What’s the use of such statements? Nothing has happened and nothing would happen. The coalition government was like a strong rock, he clarified.

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Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): At least four workers died after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Saturday, a police official said.

The incident took place at Moonidih coal washery in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).

"Bodies of all four workers were dug out of debris during a rescue operation," Putki police station in-charge Waqar Hussain told PTI.

The incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded into trucks by workers, during which a large chunk of slurry fell and trapped several workers underneath, officials said.

The deceased have been identified as Manik Bauri, Dinesh Bauri, Deepak Bauri, and Hemlal Gope.

Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased and local villagers placed the bodies in front of the washery gate and began a protest.

They demanded compensation, jobs for dependents and action against those responsible for the incident.

Police and administration officials are trying to pacify the protesters, an official said.