Two from Karnataka killed in road accident near Chittoor; four injured
Chittoor: Two persons from Karnataka were killed and four others injured after a car rammed into the rear of a lorry near Kothakota flyover in Puthalapattu in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district early Sunday.
The deceased have been identified as Sathish (50) and his wife Bhagyalakshmi (45), residents of Mandya district. The family was travelling to Tirumala in a taxi when the accident occurred, The Hindu reported.
The Puthalapattu circle police said the car, bearing a Karnataka registration number, hit a 10-wheeler lorry as the driver reportedly felt drowsy. Due to the impact of the crash, two occupants of the car were flung out from the broken windows of the car.
Four others in the car, including three children, Mahalakshmi (12), Pavani (10), and Thusara (4), and a relative, Shasank (23), sustained minor injuries.
The injured were shifted to the Government Hospital in Chittoor, while the bodies were moved to the mortuary.
A case has been registered, and further investigation is underway.
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US LPG cargo ship from Texas arrives at Mangaluru
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): An LPG cargo ship from the US arrived at the New Mangalore Port on Sunday, amid the supply constraints due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.
The vessel "Pyxis Pioneer", which left Port of Nederland in Texas on February 14, brought 16,714 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for discharge to Aegis Logistics, officials said.
The vessel follows the Russian "Aqua Titan" ship in reaching the port within the span of a day.
The development is considered significant as Mangaluru is home to India's largest underground LPG storage facility, which became operational in September 2025. The storage facility, located 225 metres below sea level, has a capacity of 80,000 metric tonnes.
In an earlier development, a Russian crude oil tanker named "Aqua Titan", originally headed to China, was diverted to India a few days ago. The ship arrived off the Mangaluru coast on Saturday evening carrying 7.7 lakh barrels of crude oil.
The crude is reportedly being unloaded via an offshore pipeline connected to a jetty 12 nautical miles from the shore to the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL).
