One woman killed, 40 others injured as roof of house collapse during village festival in Karnataka
Mandya: In a tragic incident that took place on Tuesday morning in Huligepura village of Maddur Taluk, a woman who had climbed on the roof of a house along with other villagers to see the Kondotsava festivity, died after the roof collapsed. Apart from the woman’s death, 40 other people also have sustained injuries in the accident.
According to the reports, the villagers were trying to get a glimpse of the village deity Basaveshwaraswamy’s Kondotsava when the incident took place.
The deceased woman has been identified as Puttalingamma (40), wife of Dyavarasa, a resident of Huligepura village, it is learned. The injured people were taken to Maddur and Mandya district hospitals, and it has been speculated that the death count could rise in the incident.
The village was observing the Bandi festival and other worship rituals late on Monday night and later, during the early hours of Tuesday, the villagers were partaking in the Shri Basaveshwara Kondostava. Hundreds of people from nearby villages had arrived to watch the festivities and climbed the roof of the residence belonging to Patel Siddegowda. Due to the immense weight load of the people on the roof, the roof reportedly collapsed causing the disaster, it is learned.
The district in-charge minister K. Gopaalaiah has left to visit the incident site, and the senior police officials have visited the site and conducted an inquiry.
A case has been registered in this regard at the Maddur police station.
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EC-TMC meet ends on bitter note; CEC asks TMC delegation to 'get lost', MP accused of 'shouting'
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New Delhi (PTI): The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of "shouting".
After the meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, and also apprised him of specific instances of poll officials having links with the BJP.
"Then he said, 'Get lost'. We have done eight to nine meetings with the Election Commission. Apart from the CEC, none of the other election commissioners spoke," O'Brien said.
"While we were walking out, one of my colleagues congratulated Gyanesh Kumar for being the only CEC to have notices moved in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his removal," O'Brien MP said.
Meanwhile, sources in the Election Commission said the poll panel chief gave a "straight talk" to TMC leaders.
They accused O'Brien of shouting at the election commissioners and alleged that he asked the CEC not to speak.
The EC sources further said the elections in West Bengal would be "fear-free, violence-free, intimidation-free, and inducement-free."
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