Bagalkot, October 16: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that BJP state President BS Yeddyurappa was a liar and he has to face a biggest shock.

Responding to Yeddyurappa’s statement that the Congress has to face the shock, Siddaramaiah told reporters at Jamkhandi on Tuesday that “If Yeddyurappa opens his mouth, he speaks lie. He has been murmuring that the government will collapse. But the government is still safe”, he said.

No differences

There was no difference in Ballary Congress. After discussing the pros and cons, the Congress has fielded the candidate. All leaders would work hard to elect the party candidate, he clarified.

The Congress and JDS have made an alliance in the by-election. The Congress has not fielded its candidates in some places. In the same way, JDS has not fielded its candidates. The Congress-JDS coalition would win all the seats in the by-election, he said.



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Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.

The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.

According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.

During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.

"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.