Two bankers killed, 1 injured as car hits divider, topples on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway
Mandya: Two bankers from Bengaluru traveling in a car on the Bengaluru-Mysuru 10-lane highway early Saturday morning died as their car rammed into the divider near Maddur town and toppled on the road after the driver lost control over the vehicle.
The deceased duo is identified as Shankar and Mahadevu, employees of the ICICI Bank in Bengaluru. A third passenger in the car, Kishor, was grievously injured in the accident and is being treated in a hospital.
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They were traveling back to Bengaluru on Saturday, after visiting Mysuru for work. While driving on the elevated road in Maddur town at around 4.30 am on Saturday, the driver lost control over the car and the vehicle hit the road divider on the Shimsha bridge. Due to the impact of the collision, the car also rammed into the CCTV camera pole, before toppling on the side leading to Mysuru.
Maddur Traffic Police have registered a case and are investigating the incident.
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Mamata Banerjee walks out of NITI Aayog meeting, allowed only 5 minutes to speak
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of NITI Aayog's 9th Governing Council meeting on Saturday, July 27, in New Delhi. According to Banerjee, she was allowed to speak for only five minutes, which led to her departure from the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Banerjee expressed her frustration to reporters, stating, "I said the central government should not discriminate against state governments. I wanted to speak but was allowed only five minutes. People before me spoke for 10-20 minutes. I was the only one from the opposition who was participating but still, I was not allowed to speak. This is insulting."
The meeting aims to foster participative governance and collaboration between the Centre and state governments, focusing on making India a developed nation by 2047. The council includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers, with Prime Minister Modi serving as the chairman.
Key themes discussed include access, quality, and efficiency of drinking water, electricity, health care, schooling, and land and property digitization. Recommendations from the 3rd National Conference of chief secretaries held in December last year were also reviewed.
NITI Aayog in 2023 was entrusted with preparing a vision document to help India become a USD 30 trillion economy by 2047. This document must consolidate 10 sectoral thematic visions like economic growth, social progress, environmental sustainability, and good governance into a combined vision for "Viksit Bharat @2047."
VIDEO | "I have come out boycotting the meeting. Chandrababu Naidu was given 20 minutes to speak, CMs of Assam, Goa, Chhattisgarh spoke for 10-12 minutes. I was stopped from speaking after just five minutes. This is unfair. From the opposition side, only I am representing here,… pic.twitter.com/ur9hN1RsUA
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 27, 2024
