Lightning kills elderly woman in Moodbidri as rain lashes DK

coastaldigest.com web desk

October 18, 2019

Mangaluru, Oct 18: An elderly woman lost her life after she was struck by lightning at Karinje near Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district last evening.

The victim has been identified as Appi Shetty, who was 79-year-old. The incident took place around 4 p.m. when she was at her house.

It is said that there were three people at the house when the lightning struck amidst rain. While Appi succumbed to burns, her daughter and another person escaped unhurt.

A case has been registered at Moodbidri police station. Moodbidri Tashildar and revenue officials visited the spot along with local police.

The coastal district had been receiving moderate rainfall since the past two days received heavy showers on Thursday evening. The rains started around 5 pm, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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October 3,2024

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao reminded that V D Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was non-veg eater, PTI reported on Thursday.

"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

"By disrespecting Veer Savarkar they have shown that they don't respect freedom fighters. During the Congress government, Sardar Bhagat Singh was termed a separatist in textbooks...By making those who want to break the nation join the congress party, Rahul Gandhi is taking forward the ideology of 'tukde tukde' and he is a 'modern Jinnah' who speaks ill of the country abroad...," he said.

Meanwhile, a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi earlier this week in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.

The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter's image in the society.

According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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