Two killed, 20 injured in car-bus collision

October 10, 2011

Kasaragod, October 10: Two persons were killed and twenty others injured in a head on collision between a private bus and an Innova car on a national highway at Santosh Nagar on the outskirts of the city.

The deceased have been identified as Sri Kumar (47), the car owner and businessman hailing from Kannur Thota, and Manikantha (37), the car driver hailing from Chakkarakkal.

The ghastly accident took place at around 1:30 pm. The impact of the accident was such that the newly bought car has reduced into a bundle of metals.

The traffic was disrupted for over half-an-hour due to the accident, as two vehicles had completely blocked the road.

Among the injured are Shankar Pillai (45) from Mailati Kunnumal, his wife Janaki (40), Jojy Mathew (33) from Palakkad, V Narayanan (55), member of Kasaragod district committee of CPM, Sitalaxmi (50) from Periyatta, Karicchi (60) fromYennapara, Abdul Rehman (60) of Cherkala, Sajida (26) from Kannur, Sunil Kumar (30) and Usha (33) from Taliparamba, Damodar Nambiar (55) from Ponachi, Netu (14) from Chimeni, Dhanya (25) from Periya and Baby (32) wife of Suresh from Koodlumannippady have been admitted to various hospitals in the city.

A case has been registered at Vidyanagar police station.

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DK in-charge minister presents CM’s MSP plea to Prime Minister in Mangaluru

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November 28,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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