Davanagere: Veerashaiva and Lingayat both are same. Veerashaiva Mahasabha and Jagatika Lingayat Maha Sabha must unite, said MLA and president of Akhila Bharat Veerashaiva Maha Sabhe Shamanuru Shivashankarappa.

Speaking to reporters at a program in Davangere, he said that a meeting of the critical leaders of both the organisations would be called in Bangalore. But, the Jagatika Lingayat Mahasabha should not put any conditions. We are ready If they come without any conditions.

Responding regarding the ministerial berth to M.B. Patil, Shiva Shankarappa said “pressurising techniques will not work out in the Congress party. I am not back of any post in the cabinet. Instead, I would prefer to work for the development of Davanagere,” he said.

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Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.

The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.

"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.

The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.

There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.

Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.

The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.