Rahul Gandhi to visit Bantwal on April 27: Ramanath Rai
Mangaluru: AICC President Rahul Gandhi to visit Bantwal on April 27 for the election campaign, said B Ramanath Rai, Congress candidate from Bantwal constituency.
Informing this to media persons at Congress district office, Rai said that Rahul will arrive at Bantwal in the morning on April 27 and will address a public meeting at Jodumarga Park near BC Road.
“There is not dissent in Dakshina Kannada District Congress regarding ticket distribution. In all the eight Assembly constituencies of the district, party’s victory is sure. District Congress is all set to face the elections,” Rai asserted.
“But discontent is brewing in BJP. The party (BJP) is a divided house. While the Bengaluru BJP has eight doors, there are five doors to DK district BJP. BJP dissenters are in contact with us,” the Congress leader alleged.
He said “I do not need rest as MP Nalin Kumar Kateel is saying, Nalin himself may need it. We will give him (Nalin) complete rest within a year.”
MLC Ivan D'Souza, MLA and Congress District president Harish Kumar, leaders UB Venkatesh, Rajnath Kotian, Ibrahim Kodijal, BH Khader, Bhaskar Moily, Shashidhar Hegde, Prithviraj, Mamata Gatti, AC Vinayaraj, Dhananjaya and others were present.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
