Luxury buses entry into Mangaluru city restricted: Commissioner Suresh
Phone-in programme
Mangaluru: The hours-together parking of luxury buses at various places in the city is causing trouble for pedestrians, public and other vehicles. Following this, Mangaluru city police commissioner TR Suresh has instructed that the luxury buses should not enter the city from 8 am to 8 pm.
He was speaking at a phone-in programme held at Commissioner office to listen to public grievances.
One can find several luxury buses parked for hours-together near Milagris. Due to this, city/service buses do not get the proper place to park, following which they are forced to stop between the roads. Based on the complaint that pedestrians, public and other vehicles facing the problem; the commissioner took this decision. If the luxury buses prevented access to the city during the daytime, then this problem will not arise. Following which, the commissioner directed the traffic police officers to take the action.
It was the 93rd police phone-in program that received a total of 20 calls.
DCP (L&O) Hanumantharaya, DCP (C&T) Uma Prashanth, ACP Traffic Manjunath Shetty, Canara Bus Owners' Association President Rajavarma Ballal, D.K District Bus Owner's Association President Dilraj Alva, Inspector Amanullah A., H. Shivaprakash, PSI Kamala, P.Yogeshwar, Head Constable Purushotham were present.
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Senior Trump administration official begins 5-day visit to India
New Delhi (PTI): Allison Hooker, the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, is on a five-day visit to India from Sunday to advance bilateral strategic and economic ties.
Hooker's trip to New Delhi and Bengaluru comes amid increasing strain in ties between the two countries after Washington slapped a whopping 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods, including 25 per cent levies for India's procurement of Russian crude oil.
The US embassy said Under Secretary Hooker's visit marks another step forward in advancing President Donald Trump's priorities for a strong US-India partnership and a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Hooker's December 7-11 visit is aimed at advancing the US-India strategic partnership, deepening economic and commercial ties including increasing American exports, and fostering collaboration in emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and space exploration, it said.
"While in New Delhi, Under Secretary Hooker will meet with senior Indian officials to discuss regional security, economic cooperation, and shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific, including through the foreign office consultations with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri," the embassy said.
In Bengaluru, Hooker will visit the Indian Space Research Organisation and meet leaders from India's dynamic space, energy, and technology sectors to promote innovation in US-India research partnerships and to explore opportunities for expanded cooperation, it added.
The visit by the official also comes two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin paid an over 27-hour trip to New Delhi and held summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
