K'taka DyCM DK Shivakumar urges AP govt for high-level probe into Kurnool bus tragedy
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has stated that the Karnataka government has urged the Andhra Pradesh government to conduct a high-level investigation into the tragic bus accident that occurred in Kurnool.
Speaking to the media in the premises of Vidhana Soudha today, Shivakumar described the incident as deeply unfortunate. “The bus accident in Kurnool is tragic. Recently, a similar mishap had taken place involving a Green Line bus traveling from Bengaluru to Hyderabad. At that time, our Raichur District Congress President had alerted the driver in time, saving around 20 medical students on board from serious harm. Though a few sustained minor injuries, the Andhra Pradesh police did not take necessary follow-up action. During my visit to Raichur, some people even showed me a video of that incident,” he said.
He added that despite the recent tragedy occurring in another state, Karnataka’s transport and home ministers would be instructed to take note of the issue. “Every state government must ensure precautionary measures to prevent such incidents,” he emphasized.
Calling attention to negligence in the case, Shivakumar asserted, “This is not a minor accident. The reasons behind it must be thoroughly investigated. We must ensure that such tragic incidents are not repeated.”
When asked about ongoing statements regarding leadership matters within the party, Shivakumar responded briefly, saying, “Discipline is our party’s priority. I will speak to those concerned internally; I have nothing further to say publicly on that issue.”
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
