Udupi: In a bid to celebrate the 127th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar, and commemorate his life-long struggles; Dalita Sangharsha Samithi and federation, Dalita Damunitara Swabhimani Horata Samithi, Komu Sauharda Vedike and Minority Muslim in association with Christian organizations will organize a conference under the theme ‘save constitution, save nation’ on April 24.

Informing this to media persons at Udupi Press Club, organisers said, the conference will begin at 3:30 PM on April 24th at Ajjarkadi’s Bhujananga rangamantapa.

‘Mavalli Shankar, the chief convener of ‘Dasamsa’, will inaugurate the conference. Progressive thinker and actor Prakash Rai, Komu Sauharda Vedike’s KL Ashok and Muslim leader Yaseen Malpe will be the chief guests. Christian religious leader rev.father Wiliam Martis will preside over the event. Heads of various organizations and progressive thinkers will be participating in the event, they briefed.

A rally will be taken out from Udupi board high-school passing through KM road, old post office and conclude at Bhujanga Park.

Shamaraj Barti, Yaseen Malpe, William Martis, J Rajshekar, Sundar Master and others were present.

 

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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.