20-year-old killed in road accident at Udupi's Kota
Udupi: A pickup van in the early hours on Monday toppled after the driver of the vehicle lost control over the wheels on NH 66 here in Manoor near Kota.
The cleaner of the van which was transporting vegetables died on the spot. The deceased cleaner has been identified as Dinesh Chandrashekhar (20), a resident of Sangli in Maharashtra.
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According to the reports, the truck was transporting vegetables from Bijapur to APMC in Mangaluru when the incident took place in the wee hours of Monday.
Details further added the driver rammed the van into a pole after losing control over the vehicle. After the collision with pole the van topped on the NH 66, killing Dinesh on the spot,
Local police rushed to the spot and registered a case in this regard.
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After fake ID crackdown, IRCTC daily new accounts down to 5000 from one lakh: Railways
New Delhi (PTI): With a new, stringent system to establish user identity, the number of new user IDs being added daily on the IRCTC website has declined to about 5,000 from nearly one lakh, officials said on Saturday.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw noted that the crackdown by Indian Railways on train ticket booking through fake identities is yielding positive results, according to a press note.
Before the latest reforms, this number had touched nearly one lakh new user IDs per day, it said.
"Following the introduction of a stringent system to establish user identity and detect fake IDs, about 5,000 new user IDs are now being added daily on the IRCTC website," the note said.
The officials stated that these steps have already helped Indian Railways deactivate 3.03 crore fake accounts.
"Another 2.7 crore user IDs have either been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension based on the suspicious activities they are indulging in," they said.
The Union minister directed officials to ensure that the ticketing system is reformed to a level where all travellers are able to book tickets easily through a real and genuine user ID, the press note added.
Additionally, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials to provide local cuisine of the region in Vande Bharat trains.
Introducing local cuisine that reflects the culture and tastes of the regions being traversed will significantly enhance the passenger experience, officials said.
This facility will be expanded to all the trains progressively in future, they added.
