Udupi: PM Modi to arrive 40 minutes earlier than scheduled on November 28
Udupi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit schedule to Udupi has been revised, with his arrival now planned 40 minutes earlier than originally announced.
As per the previous schedule, the Prime Minister was expected to land at Mangaluru Airport at 11:05 AM on November 28, and reach Adi Udupi helipad by 11:35 AM before proceeding to Sri Krishna Matha at 12 noon.
However, the updated itinerary states that Modi will now arrive at Adi Udupi by 11:00 AM and will conduct a roadshow from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM. After completing the program at Sri Krishna Matha, he is scheduled to depart at 1:00 PM, Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar confirmed.
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit, security forces and state police conducted a rehearsal in Udupi on Wednesday morning. The drill covered the Adi Udupi helipad, the roadshow route, Krishna Matha, and the public event venue.
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Around 20 to 30 vehicles were part of the convoy rehearsal. Traffic along routes including Adi Udupi, Bannanje, City Bus Stand, and Kalsanka was temporarily blocked during the exercise.
Security has been tightened across the city, with police deploying checkpoints and surveillance in multiple locations. Adjustments have also been made to the Prime Minister’s movement route and event arrangements.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
