Mangaluru: Additional changes have been made in train services due to doubling works which is in process in between Mangaluru Junction and Padil Railway Station in Panambur Division. This has resulted in the cancellation of two trains on February 22, and it could cause delays in few other trains as well.

Passenger train cancelled: Two passenger trains have been cancelled on February 22 due to the construction of railway lines in the Panambur division. Train No. 56647, 56646 which passes from Mangaluru Central through Subramanya has been cancelled for one day.

The passenger train (56645) from Mangalore Central to Kabaka-Puttur will be delayed by 45 minutes.

Train number 07328 (Mangaluru Junction-Vijayapur Express) which is scheduled to leave Mangaluru Junction at 4:20 pm, will leave Mangaluru Junction at 5:20 pm (Delayed by 1 hour and 30 minutes).

The Ernakulam-Pune Express (22149) is scheduled to leave Ernakulam at 5:15 am on February 28 will be delayed by 1 hour.

Train No. 16576 (Mangaluru Junction-Yeshwanthpur Express) which is scheduled to depart Mangaluru Junction at 11:30 am, will leave Mangaluru Junction at 1:30 pm, said Gopinath, PRO, Palakkad division.

 

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Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.

The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.

The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.

The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.

Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.

Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.

Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.