Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has given his assent to 32 bills that were passed during the recently concluded Monsoon Session of the state legislature, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil announced on Monday.
A total of 39 bills were approved by both Houses in the session. Of these, two have been referred to a joint select committee for scrutiny.
Patil further informed that 37 bills have already been published in the official gazette. Three bills, which involve amendments to central laws, have been forwarded to the President of India for assent at the request of the state government.
One bill remains pending with the Governor, while another is in the process of being submitted to him. Significantly, the publication of 15 bills in the gazette on a single day has set a new record, the minister added.
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Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
