Chennai: Former IAS Officer and Former Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Sasikanth Senthil on Monday formally joined Indian National Congress, in a ceremony held in Chennai.
Senthil, who resigned as IAS services in 2019 joined the grand old party in the presence of senior Congress leader Dinesh Gundurao here in the city.
Earlier, on Sunday, Senthil had told Vartha Bharati that the decision of him joining the Congress was taken about three weeks back, keeping the secular principles of the party in mind.
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Panaji (PTI): A 26-year-old student of BITS Pilani was killed, and another suffered grievous injuries after their motorcycle collided with an oil tanker in South Goa, police said on Sunday.
The accident occurred around 5.15 pm on Saturday near a junction at Upasnagar in the Zuari Nagar area, an official said.
He said that the tanker was heading towards Vasco town from Upasnagar when the driver, Pedro Ivo Medeira (66), allegedly took a right turn to enter another lane without ensuring the safety of the oncoming traffic.
The victim, Karan Narasimha Murthy, who was riding towards Verna from the BITS Pilani campus, crashed into the rear left side of the tanker.
Murthy and his friend, Soham Adhikari (26), another student of BITS Pilani, suffered grievous injuries and were rushed to a hospital, where the former succumbed to his injuries.
Adhikari is undergoing treatment at the Goa Medical College and Hospital in Bambolim, the official said, adding that the tanker driver was arrested and later released on bail.
