In a shocking incident, a 9-year-old school girl was mauled by stray dogs in Kannur district in Kerala. Reportedly, the entire incident was captured on the CCTV camera. Janvi, the victim was playing in the street after finishing school on Monday when she was attacked by three street dogs.

The unfortunate incident took place when the girl was trying to run inside a house and accidentally fell down. During that time, the three stray dogs started attacking her. The dogs attacked her within the compound of an uninhabited house, leading to deep cuts to her neck, arms and legs. Hearing the cry of the kid, a woman from the neighbourhood hurried to the spot and saved the girl from the dogs. Nonetheless, till then the girl was beaten at least 13 times. Currently, the 9-year-old girl is undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Chala.

In another similar incident of canine attack, a specially-abled 11-year-old boy, Nihal died after being attacked by dogs in Edakkad area of Kannur. In Kollam too, a stray dog attacked school children right outside their educational institute, at the time when they were leaving the school in the afternoon. Visuals of the aforesaid canine attack incident showed the dog running into a group of students and biting one of them who eventually fell on the ground and tried to kick the canine away.

At present, there has been a rise in the number of canine attacks and dog bites in the southern state in the past few days, thereby raising concern about the same. Considering the situation, Kannur district panchayat president PP Divya sought permission for euthanasia of violent stray dogs. On Monday, the Kannur district panchayat president approached the Supreme Court of India, stressing on the increasing number of stray dog attacks in the Kannur district.

The world celebrates the Jagannath Rath Yatra, with the chariot of Lord Jagannath being pulled at different locations in India and around the world, the most famous in Lord Jagannath’s hometown in Puri.

In a tragic incident in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, a balcony of a building collapsed with people standing on it to watch the procession of the Jagannath Rath Yatra today.

The deadly incident has left around 11 people injured.

A video of the incident has surfaced.

In the video, it can be seen a large number of people gathered in the balcony with a chariot of Lord Jagannath passing by, when the balcony breaks into pieces and falls down.

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The shocking case happened in the Karianaka road in Ahmedabad’s Dariyapur.

The balcony which fell down was of a three storey building, there were women including children on it.

The debris of the balcony ultimately resulted to falling on people standing under it, who also received severe injuries.

Reports said, the balcony could not take up the weight and pressure on it as it got overloaded.

Meanwhile, chariots of the gods in Puri were rolled on and are en-route to a temporary abode. A stampede like situation unfolded as lakhs of devotees gather around to watch the grand procession and take a glimpse of the Lords.

Reports said, the situation in Puri has left nearly 4 people hospitalised.

Ahmedabad, which has a record of celebrating the festival in a grand manner is observing 146th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath this year.

The administration has mobilised nearly 26,000 security forces across the city. The Gujarat police have kept up all the security measures in place using 3D mapping technology for the first time ever during Rath Yatra to monitor the entire route of chariot and has also used anti-drone technology for preventing any unwanted security disturbance.

The government of India has finally in a major humane upgrade for the truck drivers in India has directed for mandatory air conditioned cabins inside trucks starting 2025.

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari while addressing an event announced the decision.

The decision comes as a significant move giving respite to the drivers who drive for 10-12 hours a day and travel for days to reach to their destination without caring about the weather conditions and have to reel under extreme temperatures at some or other point.

The government has given a transition period of 18 months to the industry to make the necessary upgrades.

Gadkari said, in India some drivers drive for 12-14 hours unlike other countries, where they have a restriction on the number of hours for bus and truck drivers. He said, the drivers face 43-47 degree Celsius temperature while operating and their condition must be taken imagined and taken into consideration.

Gadkari said he wanted to solve this issue since he took oath as the Minister.

The step taken is also expected to reduce accidents as in many cases, the reason behind the accidents are driver falling asleep as they do not get proper rest and get fatigue.

While brands like Volvo and Scania provide an AC in their high-end trucks, a majority portion of trucks running in the country do not have this facility.

The decision comes just days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s truck rides in India and the USA.

Gandhi in May took a truck ride from Delhi to Chandigarh and during his recent visit to the US, he took a ride from Washington DC to New York.

During these rides Gandhi discussed the problems the truck drivers have to face in India, while they are away from home for days, weeks and sometimes months. Despite the weather conditions, they have to fulfill their duty to transport the logistics and essential items from one location to another.