Siddharthnagar (UP): An SUV carrying a marriage party rammed into a stationary truck here killing eight people and injuring three, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred around 1 am near Katya village in the Jogia Udaypur area. The SUV was returning to Mahla village from a wedding ceremony at Mahuwara in Shivnagar, they said.

Of the 11 people travelling in the car, four died on the spot and others were rushed to a hospital, where four more died during treatment.

Those killed have been identified as Sachin Pal (16), Mukesh Pal (35), Lalaram Paswan (26), Shiv Sagar (18), Ravi Paswan (19), Pintu Gupta (25), Ram Baran (35), and driver Gaurav Maurya (22), police said.

Ram Baran was admitted to the medical college in Gorakhpur where he died.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives in the accident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased.

“The road accident in Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh, is very painful. My condolences are with the bereaved families. May God give them the strength to bear this immense sorrow,” Modi was quoted as saying by his office.

The prime minister also wished a speedy recovery to all the injured.

“The prime minister has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from PMNRF for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in an accident in Siddharthnagar, UP. The injured would be given Rs 50,000 each,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a tweet.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also condoled the death and directed officials to ensure the best treatment for the injured.

Hoshiarpur: A six-year-old boy on Sunday fell into a 100-feet deep borewell in Behrampur village near Garhdiwala here, said officials.

They said a rescue operation is underway.

The boy was playing in a field and climbed a borewell shaft when some stray dogs started chasing him.

The borewell shaft was covered with a jute bag and could not withstand the weight of the boy and gave in causing him to fall into the well. The boy belongs to a family of migrant labourers.

Teams of district administration including a Deputy Commissioner have reached the site. A team of the National Disaster Response Force has also been called, said officials.

Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the rescue operation was underway and he was in constant touch with the district administration.

A 6-year-old boy Hrithik fell into a borewell in Hoshiarpur. District administration and local MLA were there and rescue operation is underway. I am in constant touch with the administration, said Mann in a tweet.

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Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called upon the construction companies to join hands with the State government to realise the objective of building a New Karnataka for New India.

The Chief Minister was addressing an international Conference on ‘Tunnelling and Underground Construction-Nirman 2022.’

The Chief Minister wanted the private construction companies with their technical expertise,professional calibre and management skills to actively participate with government agencies in nation building.

Private construction companies and the government agencies should work together to build the nation so that we can realise Prime Minister Modi’s vision of building an Atma Nirbhar Bharat.

The companies with their expertise in tunneling across different geographical areas like mountain regions,low lying areas and urban landscape should join hands with the government,Bommai said.

Karnataka is in the forefront of modern technology

Karnataka has always been in the forefront of modern technology.Whether it is construction of dams, power projects and tunnels.

Many tunnels have been built in the state since 1970.Tunnels have been built for hydro electric projects and metro networks,Bommai said.

Welfare of the workers top priority

The Chief Minister stressed the need to care for the welfare of the workers and officers engaged in touch task of tunnel constructions.

Men engaged in this work should be the top priority,then comes the machinery and money.

These workers are the real asset of the nation. Their safety and welfare should be the top priority, Bommai said.

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The Mahalakshmi Layout police on Wednesday registered an case against Narayana E-Tecno school situated in Nandini Layout for allegedly harassing the children for fee.

Senior officer told reporters,In his complaint Mr. Ramesh said that the school has allegedly harassed the students after school re-opened over payment of the fee in violation of the government order .

Many parents complained to the BEO office following which Mr.Ramesh sent reminders and warning,but the management and the teachers continue to harass the students.

The police are awaiting the school to open so that they could question the students and the teachers in this regard.

We have asked the help of CWC members to help the police to record the statement of the children, a police officer,said.

Based on the complaint filed by Ramesh V, BEO, North Division,the Nandini Layout police have charged the school administration and teachers under various sections of the JJ Act.

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After arresting four staff members of the recruitment division,the CID officials on Thursday arrested DySP Shantha Kumar after the investigations proved his alleged role in the scam.

Shantha Kumar who was in-charge of over 20 exam centers and was supervising the allotment of centers,security for the strong rooms and also issuing hall tickets have had linked with the kingpins in tampering the OMR sheets belonging to the candidates who paid bribe to get selected .

The police earlier questioned Shantha kumar and recorded his statement for further investigations.

However after the arrest of the four staff of the recruitment division and their subsequent questioning Shantha Kumar role was cleared following which he was summoned again and arrested on Thursday.

Shantha kumar who joined the City Armed Reserve force as constable cleared PSI exam and appointed as Probationary PSI in Tumakuru in 2006.

Having sound technical knowledge he was transferred to the recruitment division in 2008 and serving the department since then .

He was promoted as DYSP two years ago and given charge to take up major tasks of recruitment.

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The Bommanahalli police on Thursday arrested a gang of seven who are involved in kidnap and murder of a 20-year-old youth on may 9 over old rivalry.

The accused has been identified as,Prajwal and his associates.

Senior officer told reporters,a Missing complaint was registered in Bommanahalli police station by the parents of victim who stated that their son went out with his friends and dint returned back.

Based on complaint special teams were formed to search the vicitm the team received a information that a dead body is found near Electronic City outskirts.

During investigation the victim was identified as,Suhas and further investigation was carried out by the team.

During investigation it was revealed that the victim and accused are known to each other and to take revenge and settle the scores as old rivalry they abducted the victim and killed him.

A detailed investigation by the team it was revealed that the accused on May 9,abducted the victim Suhas Amul in an autorikshaw from outside the wine store took him to an isolated place in Basavanapura in Electronic city and stabbed him to death.

Suhas was assisting his father,who is a middlemen in a RTO office,had a fight with the accused earlier over a trivial row .

Enraged by this the accused decided to take revenge and abducted and killed him brutally before fleeing the spot.

The police took up the investigations and verified the CCTV footage from in and around the area to track down the accused the accused after killing the victim went to Tirupathi to tonsure their head to hoodwink police team but our team who were on manhunt nabbed them while returning from tirupathi temple.

A case has been registered in Bommanahalli police station and further investigation is underway.

Finally Bengaluru Police commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,A subramanyeshwara Rao,DCP Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi,ACPs,as,Karibasavangowda,N Pavan,PI,Prashanth S and his whole has cracked the case within 13 hours by arresting all the accused for the exemplary work done by them a special reward will be given to whole team he added.