Three police sub-inspectors killed in road accident in Karnataka
Chitradurga (Karnataka) (PTI): Three police sub-inspectors were killed and two others sustained serious injuries after their car crashed into a lorry on the Bengaluru-Ballari highway in Chitradurga district on Sunday morning, police said.
The accident occurred around 7 am near the Prakash Sponge Iron Company when the car, carrying five sub-inspectors travelling from Bengaluru to Ballari, collided with a lorry moving ahead of it. The impact was so severe that the car was dragged for nearly 300 metres, officials said.
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Three police personnel, Amaresh, Manjunath and Sachin, died on the spot, while the injured Lakshman and Eshwar were initially admitted to the Challakere Government Hospital before being shifted to a private hospital in Chitradurga and later referred to Davanagere for further treatment.
Superintendent of Police Ranjith Kumar Bandaru, Hiriyur DySP Shivakumar and other senior police officers visited the spot soon after the accident.
A case has been registered and investigation into the incident is underway, police said. ROH
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Centre''s ''wrong decisions'' caused severe LPG shortage: TN CM
Chennai (PTI): DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday flayed the ruling BJP government at the Centre saying that due to its "wrong decisions", there has been a severe LPG shortage across the country.
Due to no vision or no precautionary measures, the BJP government has brought trouble to the general public, Stalin alleged over the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders.
"The Union BJP government which has earned the name Failure Model even in foreign policy has caused a severe cylinder shortage due to its wrong decisions," he wrote in a social media post.
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He said in view of the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders the DMK led Secular Progressive Alliance staged protests across the State.
"Realising the anger of the people, the Union government must come forward to rectify the situation," he added.
The DMK-led SPA on Sunday staged statewide protests, criticising the Centre over the shortage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders across the country.
SPA constituents include Congress, Left parties and the VCK.
Supply constraints of LPG cylinders emerged following the West Asia conflict which intensified from February 28.
