A statewide bandh has been called in Karnataka on Saturday in protest against the recent attack on a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) driver in Maharashtra and the controversial 'Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill.'
One bus was travelling from Mananthavady to Payyanur and the other bus was going to Mananthavady.
In a tragic incident, four persons travelling in a bus were killed and ten others injured in an accident near…
A Division Bench comprising the Kerala High Court initiated the suo motu proceedings and has sought report from the Police Department and the Motor Vehicles Department on the accident.
KSRTC on Tuesday moved the High Court seeking compensation from the PFI for the damages caused to its buses during the hartal as many protestors engaged in stone pelting and other destructive acts.
The KSRTC, in its petition submitted that on 23rd September, the PFI called for a state-wide hartal without any notice.
In a damage control exercise, state chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday directed the KSRTC to charge only single fare for ferrying the migrant labourers to their home and not to charge to and fro, as the state would bear its operational cost.
The police said the number of dead is likely to rise.
A New York Times reporter, along with her colleague, a foreign national, were forced to abandon their trek following a massive protest early on Thursday morning.
Two women, one from Kerala and another from Andhra Pradesh who began their trek to the temple were stopped by protesters on their way on Wednesday.
