
Two children injured in gelatin sticks explosion
The Hindu
Two children suffered injuries when gelatin sticks they were handling exploded at Channahalli in Alur taluk on Monday. The children picked up gelatin sticks found on the ground taking them for cracker
Two children suffered injuries when gelatin sticks they were handling exploded at Channahalli in Alur taluk on Monday. The children picked up gelatin sticks found on the ground taking them for crackers and tried to burst them with the help of boulders. Abhishek and Krithika, who were playing on the ground, suffered injuries. Both are aged around 12. Locals then called an ambulance and shifted the injured to a private hospital in Hassan. The children are undergoing treatment. Senior police officers visited the spot. A few months ago, the construction of a canal as part of the Yetinahole Project was taken up at the site. Workers are said to have used gelatin sticks for blasting purposes. The police suspected that the workers may have left behind some sticks at the site and the children spotted them.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday pledged to mobilise people in resistance against the BJP-led Union government’s “anti-agricultural worker, anti-farmer, anti-worker, anti-people” laws and policies till they are all repealed, the party said on Friday. In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said the members took the pledge following a three-day meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram.

Expressing the need for more number of socially responsive engineers and lawyers for furthering development of the country, Governor Thaawarchad Gehlot here on Friday lauded St. Aloysius institution for widening its service in the education sector by opening separate institutes for engineering and law











