Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Administration on Tuesday organised the 129th birth anniversary celebration of the architect of Indian Constitution, Bharat Ratna Dr. B R Ambedkar, at the office of Deputy Commissioner here in the city.

District in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary inaugurated the event after lighting DIa and paying tribute to Dr. B R Ambedkar.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA Vedavyas Kamath, MLA Dr. Bharat Shetty, DC Sindhu B Rupesh. Zilla Panchayath CEO Selvamani, ZP President Meenakshi Shantigouda, ZP Vice President Kasturi Panja, Superintendent of Police Lakshmiprasad and others were present during the event and followed social distancing norms.

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.

In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.

Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.

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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.

The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.

In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.