BJP leader Raju Kage likely to join Congress?
Congress leaders meeting during by-election preparation
Bengaluru: BJP candidate Raju Kage, who lost by a small margin in the last assembly election, is likely to join Congress as the disqualified Congress MLA Shrimant Patil is expected to get the BJP ticket to contest from the Kagawada assembly constituency.
It has been learnt that Raju Kage had met former minister DK Shivakumar to get him a ticket in the by-election when he joins the Congress.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of Congress senior leaders at the KPCC office in Queens Road in the city, opposition leader Siddaramaiah said that anyone can come to the party accepting the principles of the party. However, the party's high command would take the decision about issuing the ticket, he said.
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4 held for sexually assaulting woman, girl on moving bus after social media alert in UP's Agra
Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.
According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.
Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.
Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.
The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.
