Woman survives suicide bid

hubli: a woman residing in moulali slums on mantur road attempted to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze on wednesday. she sustained burns and has been admitted in a serious condition to kims hospital in hubli. she has been identified as vijayakumari jayarao borgari (21). three suffer burns: a couple and a woman suffered burns in two separate incidents, in hubli on wednesday.police said on nagapanchami day, pushpa doddamani lit a stove which suddenly burst into flames. hearing her screams, her husband vasant went to douse the flames and also got burnt. both are being treated at kims hospital in hubli. the police have registered a case and investigations are on. in another incident, in the kaginele janata plot of byadgi taluka in byadgi village, a 20-year-old girl who tried to light a stove was injured when the stove burst. the girl has been identified as dilshadbanu kutubuddin tahsildar. the police have registered a case. three injured in mishap: three persons were injured in a collision between a motorcycle and a scooter on gokul road in hubli on wednesday. police said the motorcycle was coming from gokul and the scooter from hosur. the injured have been identified as moses hosapete and vishnu laxman barad, technicians in the north west karnataka road transport corporation, and shreeraju devadas nayak. the traffic police have registered a case and investigations are on. maruti van traced: a maruti van which was stolen from hubli has been traced in kolhapur. police said the van was involved in an accident and the car thieves fled, fearing detection. a police team has gone to kolhapur and taken possession of the white van, which the police said belonged to kanikoppa, a resident of veerapur oni. the van, registration number ka 25 n 9900, was stolen on july 11 from shindhe complex in hubli. the police are investigating.