Son leaves his father on road: Aged father dies in district hospital
Mangaluru/Dharwad, October 28: An aged person who was admitted to the district hospital after his son reportedly abandoned him on the road recently, died in the hospital at Dharwad on Saturday evening. The deceased has been identified as Vincent Christine (76) of Mathikere in Bengaluru.
About incident
On October 24, a youth who came in a car left the aged person near Garag Cross in Dharwad on national highway 4 and went. After noticing this, the locals thought that someone has dropped the person. But the aged person was scared after this incident as he did not know where to go, it is said.
When the local people enquired him, they came to know that his son has abandoned him on the road. Suddenly, they informed the local police and admitted to the hospital.
The aged person who was a mechanic in Bengaluru was living with his son at Mathikere. It was said that he wanted to go home or drop him to his home or nearby church. He pleaded for a job as he did not have money to purchase medicine, it was reported.
Though he was treated for four-five days continuously in the hospital, he did not respond to the treatment. The body was kept in the hospital. His photo and information was sent to all police stations to find his relatives. Already, two police constables from Dharwad rural police station have left for Bengaluru for investigation, PSI Anand told Varthabharati.
A case was registered at Dharwad rural police station.
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NATO, others turn down US call for help in Hormuz: Trump
Washington (PTI): President Donald Trump on Tuesday said NATO and most of US' other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran entered the third week.
In a social media post, Trump asserted that Iran’s military has been “decimated” and he no longer felt the need for assistance from NATO countries or anyone else.
Last week, Trump had sought help from European nations and others who depend on oil supplies transiting from the Hormuz Strait to safeguard the critical waterway.
“The United States has been informed by most of our NATO “Allies” that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon,” the US President said in a post on Truth Social.
Iran's attacks on Gulf nations and its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil is transported, have sparked increasing concerns of a global energy crisis and are unnerving the world economy.
“I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one-way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” Trump said.
He said Australia, Japan and South Korea too have turned down his call for help.
“Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military – Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again,” Trump said.
He said that given the scale of recent military successes, the US no longer "need" or desires assistance from NATO countries, adding that it never relied on such support in the first place.
Speaking as President of the United States, the "most powerful" country in the world, "we do not need" help from anyone, Trump said.
The West Asia conflict began on February 28 when the US-Israeli combine conducted airstrikes on Iran.
The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, has effectively been shut following the US and Israel attack on Iran and Tehran's sweeping retaliation.
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said that from Tehran's "perspective", the strait is "open". "It is only closed to Iran's enemies, to those who carried out unjust aggression against our country and to their allies.”
Earlier in the day, a second Indian-flagged LPG tanker, Nanda Devi, reached the country after safely sailing from the war-hit Strait of Hormuz. On Monday, the first ship, Shivalik, reached Mundra port in Gujarat.
As of now, 22 Indian vessels remain on the west side and two on the east side of the strait.
Indian authorities are in constant touch with all the relevant stakeholders in the region to secure the safe passage of the remaining ships, officials said.
