Fight erupts between two railway divisions over running Agra-Udaipur Vande Bharat train
Kota: Chaos erupted once again over the operation of the newly inaugurated Vande Bharat Express train between Agra and Udaipur as employees from the Kota and Agra Railway Division clashed on Thursday. A viral video shows loco pilots fighting among themselves to run the semi high-speed train reportedly at the Gangapur City Junction in Rajasthan.
The dispute began during the train's inauguration earlier this week when staff from the Agra and Kota Railway Divisions argued over who would operate the semi high-speed train. The dispute escalated, leading to the damage of the guard room lock and glass windowpane, and resulted in the assault of a loco pilot and his assistant, with their clothes reportedly torn, according to officials, as reported by ETV Bharat.
The fight reportedly occurred in front of Railway Protection Force personnel at the station, who were allegedly seen recording videos rather than intervening and stopping the fight.
According to the report, GRP Gangapur City SHO Dalbir Singh stated that a case has been registered against an unidentified railway personnel on the complaint of Agra guard Raghavendra Saraswat. Further investigation are underway.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
