Kunigal | Series of road accidents claim two lives: 10 people injured
Tumkur: In an accident that reportedly occurred on the national highway near Begur, a car crashed into the road divider after the driver of the vehicle lost control resulting in a sequence of accidents where the out-of-control car then crashed into a Tempo Traveller and a bullet bike causing the deaths of two passengers in the car at Kunigal Taluk early morning on Saturday. Apart from that, 10 other people have been injured in the accident, it is learned.
One of the deceased has been identified as a resident of Holenarasipura taluk at Hassan district named Sunil (30), however, the identity of the other deceased person is yet to be ascertained.
Among the family of a man named Ramegowda, resident of Nagamangala Taluk, who were travelling in the TT, 8 people have been injured while 2 people travelling on the bullet bike have also sustained injuries in the accident, it is learned. The injured have been reportedly admitted to Aadi Chunchanagiri hospital.
The car which was going from Bengaluru towards Hassan reportedly crashed into the tempo traveller which was going to join a wedding party from Nagamangala to Bengaluru, it is learned. The impact of the accident has reportedly destroyed the car entirely.
A case has been registered at the Kunigal police station in this regard.
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Indore Congress woman councillor refuses to sing Vande Mataram, triggers row
Indore (PTI): A controversy has erupted after a woman councillor of Congress refused to sing Vande Mataram, citing Islamic beliefs, during a discussion on the Indore Municipal Corporation’s budget.
The refusal by Fauzia Sheikh Alim to sing the national song on Wednesday prompted councillors from the ruling BJP to rush to the chairman’s podium and raise slogans.
Amid the uproar, Chairman Munnalal Yadav directed Alim to leave the House.
The Congress councillor later told reporters that her religion does not allow her to sing ‘Vande Mataram' - a Sanskrit phrase meaning “I bow to thee, Mother”.
Alim said she enjoys religious freedom under the Constitution, and no one can force her to sing Vande Mataram.
As the controversy escalated, Alim said she respects the national song and will continue to do so.
She said that she had stood up to speak at the municipal corporation meeting to raise the issue of contaminated drinking water, but in an attempt to distract the House from the more fundamental issues, BJP councillors asked her to sing Vande Mataram first.
Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava described the Congress councillor’s refusal to sing Vande Mataram as unfortunate and alleged that she deliberately arrives late to the municipal corporation meeting so as not to participate in the mass singing of the national song.
Municipal Corporation Leader of the Opposition and Congress councillor Chintu Chouksey distanced himself from the controversy, stating that the party has no concern with Alim’s “personal opinion” on Vande Mataram.
“Vande Mataram is ingrained in every citizen of India. Singing the national song should be mandatory for every citizen,” he added.
Written in 1875 and later included in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel "Anandamath" (1882), ‘Vande Mataram’ became a rallying cry during the freedom movement.
Vande Mataram was first published in the literary magazine “Bangadarshan” as part of Chatterjee's Anandamath.
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