Udupi: MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake, who is contesting from Kapu Assembly constituency from Congress, will file nomination at 11 AM on April 23.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Sorake said, a special pooja will be offered at Kapu’s Janardhana and Marigudi temples before filing papers. In the same way, Polipu masjid, Udyavara church, Katpadi Vishwanath Kshetra and Udupi’s Shree Krishna mutt will also be visited.

“Later, along with supporters I will move to Udupi by holding a procession and file the papers. In this regard a meeting with the supporters and workers will be held at Hiryadka on April 21 from 9 AM to 4 PM,” Sorake added.

Congress leaders Naveenchandra Shetty, Divakar Shetty, Wilson Rodigras, Usman 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.