Protests to be held 79 places in DK against merger of Vijaya Bank: Ramanath Rai
Mangaluru, Jan 10: Former minister B. Ramanath Rai said that protesting against the merger of Vijaya Bank with the Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank which were under loss, the Congress has organised protests in 79 places in the district.
Addressing a protest rally against the merger of the bank by the Congress here on Thursday, Rai said that people were expressing their anger against the central government.
The people of the coastal district had built the bank with their hard earned money. They had toiled for the development of the bank without taking their salaries. The bank started by AB Shetty was developed as a strong bank by Mulki Sundaram Shetty. It was not fair to merge such a bank with loss making banks. Instead of drawing the attention of Central government, the local Lok Sabha Member has been cheating the people. He was not doing what a Lok Sabha Member has to do, he said.
If the central government failed to drop the decision to merge the bank with loss making banks, black day would be observed in the district on April 1, he said.
Former MLA JR Lobo, Karnataka government parliamentary secretary Ivan D'SOUZA, Kallige Taranath Shetty, Vinay Raj, Praveen Chandra Alva, TK Sudhir and others were present.
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Iran crisis: 225 flights cancelled at Mumbai, Delhi airports
New Delhi (PTI): As many as 225 international flights were cancelled at Mumbai and Delhi airports on Sunday due to operational disruptions in the wake of the US and Israel attacks on Iran and the subsequent closure of airspaces in the Gulf region.
Of the 225 flights, 125 flights were cancelled at Mumbai airport and at least 100 flights at Delhi Airport, sources say.
A source said 60 international departures and 40 arrivals have been cancelled at Delhi Airport.
"Due to the evolving political situation in the Middle East, west-bound international flights may experience disruptions or schedule changes," DIAL said in a post on X.
Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) operates the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital.
"A total of 125 flights have been cancelled at Mumbai Airport up till 2.30 pm on Sunday. These include 67 departures and 58 arrivals," said another source.
It may be mentioned here that due to the paucity of parking space, authorities at Mumbai Airport had taken NOTAM for not accepting any flight on account of diversion at 9 pm on Saturday until 8 am on March 1 amid the developments in West Asia.
The decision was taken due to the paucity of parking space at the airport with a number of flights returning to their origin or diverting to nearby airports, a source had said.
Mumbai International Airport Ltd, the private airport operator, issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) "for not accepting any more diversions" at 9 pm, the source added.
Earlier, the Civil Aviation Ministry said 444 international flights are expected to be cancelled by domestic carriers on Sunday.
