Six-year-old boy dies of snakebite in Kalaburagi

Vartha Bharati | 17-11-2022 | 13:51:00 IST

Kalaburagi: A six-year-old boy died of snakebite on Tuesday, when he was sleeping at home in Gola (K) village of Shahabad taluk in the district.

Naveen, son of Murugendra Badigera and studying in Class 1 at the Government Primary School in the village, was the victim of snakebite, according to sources.

The six-year-old boy returned home from school Tuesday afternoon and, after lunch, was having a nap. He was reportedly bitten on the ear twice, by the snake.

The child was rushed to the Shahabad government hospital for first aid and then to the Kalaburagi district hospital for further treatment. Naveen apparently did not respond to the treatment and died, the sources said.

A case has been registered at the Shahabad Police Station.

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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL

11-04-2026 ¦ 11-04-2026 IST

Image Credit: PTI

Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.

Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.

Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.

In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.

But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.

For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.

Brief scores:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).

Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).