Special trains announced for coastal travelers during Dasara festival
Mangaluru 2-October-2024: MP Kota Srinivas Poojary has officially announced the start of special trains from Bengaluru to coastal districts, which is a huge relief for travelers who struggle to get tickets during the Dasara festival season. The decision was made in response to the rise in demand for travel to places like Karwar, Udupi, Mangaluru, and Kundapura.
After MP Poojary’s intervention, the South Western Railway announced special services to ease the holiday rush. These trains will operate on October 10 and 12 to facilitate the movement of passengers during the Navaratri festival.
Ganesh Puthran, a representative from the Kundapura Railway Protection Committee, had raised concerns over the unavailability of bus and train tickets and the surge in bus fares. In response, MP Poojary urged the railway authorities to introduce special trains for the festive period. He shared the announcement on social media, confirming the schedule.
Train Schedule:
October 10: Special Train No. 06569 will depart Yeshwantpur at 12:30 AM, reaching Udupi at 11:30 AM and Karwar by 4:00 PM.
October 11: The return train (No. 06570) will leave Karwar at 11:30 PM, arriving at Kundapura by 2:00 AM, Udupi by 2:40 AM, and Yeshwantpur by 1:00 PM the next day. It will reach Mysuru by 4:40 PM on Saturday.
October 12: Special Train No. 06585 will leave Mysuru at 9:20 PM, stopping at Majestic at 12:20 AM and Yeshwantpur at 12:40 AM, and arriving in Udupi by 11:30 AM and Karwar by 4:00 PM on Sunday.
October 13: The return train (No. 06586) will depart Karwar at 11:30 PM, reaching Udupi at 2:40 AM and Yeshwantpur by 1:00 PM, before arriving in Mysuru by 4:40 PM.
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ECI website faces outage amid vote counting in Jharkhand, Maharashtra
New Delhi: Election Commission of India’s official results website ‘results.eci.gov.in’ has reportedly experienced a technical outage on Saturday morning, at a time when India closely watches the high-stakes Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly poll battle.
Visitors visiting the site were met with non-functional links and a generic “counting in progress” message, leaving them without updated election data. The ECI has not issued an official explanation for the disruption.
Vote counting, which began at 8 a.m. with postal ballots, is underway for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and 81 in Jharkhand. Early trends suggest a lead for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, currently ahead in 141 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in 96. In Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is ahead in 43 seats, while the ruling JMM-led alliance is trailing with leads in 33 constituencies.
Additionally, counting is underway for 48 assembly bypolls across 13 states and two parliamentary seats, Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala.
