Over 2000 bank employees in Dakshina Kannada support strike against regulations in Union Budget 2021
Banks to remain closed till March 16
Mangaluru: Bank employees in the Dakshina Kannada district began their strike on Monday morning under the direction of the forum for Federal Bank Unions, opposing the new announcement in the Central Budget 2021, which has declared the privatization of a insurance company and 2 banks in the public sector.
Over 2000 bank employees from across the district are reportedly participating in the strike that will continue till Tuesday, March 16.
On Monday, the bank employees protested and shouted slogans against the government near the city’s Balmatta Circle. They also demonstrated a sit-in strike in front of the Mangaluru Mini Vidhana Soudha.
Customers are reportedly facing difficulties due to the bank strike.
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Murder accused jumps off train to escape police custody in Khandwa
Khandwa/MP (PTI): A man arrested in connection with the murder of a local journalist escaped from police custody by jumping off a train in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa while being taken to Uttar Pradesh on a transit remand, police said on Saturday.
The absconding accused, Jamiruddin Qureshi, is one of the five persons booked for their alleged involvement in the murder of a journalist in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh on May 13, said assistant sub-inspector Anni Lal of Khandwa Government Railway Police (GRP).
Following the murder, Qureshi fled to Mumbai, and the crime branch of the Thane police apprehended him, he said.
Two UP police personnel were bringing him to Jaunpur on transit remand on May 15 and were travelling on the Gorakhpur Weekly Express, the official said.
The train reached Khandwa station around 2.40 am on May 16, and when the train started leaving the platform, the accused sought permission to go to the toilet, he said.
As the two policemen started taking him to the toilet at the entrance of the coach, the accused jumped off the train, the official said.
The police have lodged a complaint, and a search has been launched for the accused, he said.
