Mangaluru MCC Election: BJP workers clash with MLC Ivan D'Souza objecting his presence at booth
Mangaluru: BJP workers on Tuesday clashed with Congress leader and MLC Ivan D’Souza for the latter’s presence at the entrance gate of Jeppu Polling Booth in the city when the voting was underway for MCC election here in the city.
According to the reports the BJP workers were objecting to Ivan’s presence at the booth as he was an elected representative and alleged that he was influencing voters to vote for Congress at the entrance of the gate. BJP workers also added that they will call their MPs and MLAs to the spot if Ivan doesn’t move out.
The two parties got into a verbal duel before police and election officials reached the spot and intervened to disperse the crowd of both the parties.
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Bengaluru-bound Air India flight makes emergency landing in TN's Tiruchirappally
Tiruchirappalli (PTI): A Bengaluru bound Air India Express flight with about 137 passengers made an "emergency landing," here following a technical glitch, sources at the airport said.
The Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru service suffered the glitch mid-air, following which it made the safe landing here, the sources added.
All the passengers disembarked the flight and the technical crew was attending to the fault.
An Air India Express spokesperson said the flight "was diverted to Tiruchirappalli due to a technical issue."
"A replacement aircraft is being organised to operate the flight to Bengaluru. We are providing all administrative arrangements and regret the inconvenience caused to the travel schedule (of passengers)," the spokesperson added.
