Twitter suspends two fake accounts run in EC's name

Vartha Bharati | 14-11-2018 | 18:11:00 IST

New Delhi, Nov 14: Twitter has suspended two fake accounts being run in the name of the Election Commission, a poll panel spokesperson said Wednesday.

The two accounts -- both being run as 'Election Commission of India' by separate handles @Election Comm and @DalitFederation -- were suspended after the poll panel asked Twitter to take "decisive action", the spokesperson said.

The EC does not have its own verified Twitter handle.

While the two accounts had not tweeted so far, they had followers in thousands and the EC feared that they could mislead public.

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CM Siddaramaiah launches health insurance scheme for KSRTC employees

06-01-2025 ¦ 06-01-2025 IST

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched a health insurance scheme for the employees of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) called 'KSRTC Arogya' on Monday.

Speaking at the launch event, the CM said the doctors should not be dismissive of patients visiting hospitals under the scheme and treat everyone equally.

Karnataka's Minister for Transport and Muzrai, Ramalinga Reddy, who was also present, said around 34,000 employees of KSRTC and their dependents (approximately 1.5 lakh people) will be eligible for this scheme.

According to him, this scheme was the fulfilment of a demand raised by labour unions for many years.

"The scheme will also be implemented in organisations such as BMTC (Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation), NWKRTC (North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation), and KKRTC (Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation) within the next three months," added Reddy.

Chairman of KSRTC and MLA of Gubbi Constituency, S R Srinivasa handed over a cheque of Rs 20 crore to the KSRTC Trust, to form a corpus fund for the implementation of the scheme. He also released the internal periodic magazine, 'Saarige Sampada' and the KSRTC Arogya Manual.

Under 'KSRTC Arogya' all 34,000 employees of the corporation are eligible even for eye and dental treatments, said a KSRTC press note.

To begin with, KSRTC has signed MOUs with 275 hospitals and four diagnostics centres for IP/OPD cashless treatments. Under the scheme, Rs 650 per month will be deducted from the salaries of the officers and staff of the corporation, added the note.

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