Kollegal: Fire breaks out at wholesale shop; Loss estimated in lakhs
Chamarajanagar: A fire broke out late Friday night at a wholesale shop near the KSRTC bus stand in Kollegal town, resulting in goods worth several lakhs of rupees being destroyed.
The fire reportedly engulfed Madhav Ratna Wholesale Store, where additional stock of clothes and other items had been stored for sale ahead of the Ugadi and Ramzan festivals.
Firefighters rushed to the spot and managed to douse the flames. However, a large quantity of clothes and other materials were gutted in the fire, leading to heavy losses.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Kollegal Town Police have registered a case and initiated an investigation.
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Bihar CM removes hijab from newly appointed doctor's face at govt event, stokes controversy
Patna (PTI): A newly recruited AYUSH doctor in Bihar was taken aback on Monday when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pulled the hijab (veil) off her face, while she was receiving her letter of appointment.
The incident, a video clip of which has gone viral on social media, took place at ‘Samvad’, the CM's secretariat, where appointment letters were given away to more than 1,000 AYUSH doctors.
PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.
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According to the CMO, the appointees included 685 Aurveda doctors, while 393 were Homeopaths and 205 practised the Unani system of medicine.
Out of them, 10 appointees were handed over job letters by Kumar, while the rest got those online.
When it was the turn of Nusrat Parveen, who had turned up wearing a hijab across her face, the 75-year-old CM frowned and exclaimed "what is this?".
The chief minister, who stood atop a raised platform, then bent down and pulled the hijab down.
The flustered appointee was, thereafter, hastily pulled aside by an official present on the occasion, while Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, who stood beside Kumar, was seen tugging at the latter's sleeve, in an apparent bid to restrain him.
Meanwhile, opposition parties like the RJD and Congress shared the video clip on their social media accounts, and claimed that the incident was the latest proof of the JD(U) supremo's "unstable mental health".
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