KSRTC bus fare will be cheaper from Dec 5
Central office okays Mangaluru division proposal
Mangaluru, December 4: Fares of Volvo, Rajahamsa, AC, Non AC and all buses of the KSRTC would come down by 10 per cent with immediate effect.
The Corporation has agreed the proposal submitted by the Mangaluru Divisional office to compete the private bus services in the district. But the decision would be applied to the entire state from December 5.
During peak days- from December 21 to January 15, the exiting fare would continue. But after January 16, the fare would be slashed. Normally, every year, the KSRTC bus fares would be reduced on certain days from January 15. During exams, the number of passengers would be less. But this time, the KSRTC has reduced the fare well in advance.
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Migrant worker from Bengal beaten to death over bidi in Odisha: Police
Sambalpur/ Kolkata (PTI): A 30-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly killed in Odisha's Sambalpur district following an altercation over a bidi, police said on Thursday.
Juel Sheikh was working, along with a few others from West Bengal, in the construction of a building in Shanti Nagar in the Ainthapalli police station area, they said.
On Wednesday night, when they were returning from work, a group of six men stopped them and asked for a bidi. An altercation broke out, leading to a scuffle between the two sides, police said.
Juel was thrashed severely, and he died while undergoing treatment at the Sambalpur hospital, police said.
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"We have arrested all six accused persons. We are investigating the case," IGP (Northern Range) Himanshu Kumar Lal told PTI.
West Bengal's ruling TMC claimed that Juel was beaten to death over suspicion that he was an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant.
"The lynching of a Bengali migrant worker in Sambalpur is the direct outcome of @BJP4India’s sustained campaign against Bengalis. A citizen of India was beaten to death because a mob believed the lie that Bengalis are infiltrators who must constantly prove their right to exist," the TMC alleged in a post on X.
"For years, BJP leaders have deliberately branded Bengali-speaking Indians as infiltrators, outsiders, and suspects. That poisonous narrative has now reached the streets, where anyone feels empowered to act as immigration officers and executioners," it claimed.
Asked about the allegation, the IGP said the murder has nothing to do with whether the "victim was a Bengali or Bangladeshi".
