Section 144 imposed across Udupi
Udupi: Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been promulgated across the Udupi city after the police noticed that the workers of two political parties are crossing the limits of the law during the Bharat Bandh protest that has been called by various political parties and organizations to protest the rising prices of petrol and diesel.
Udupi Tahsildar Pradeep Kurdekar has ordered to impose the section from today 11 am to 6 am on September 11.
Udupi District Superintendent of Police, Udupi District Deputy Commissioner, and Tahsildar wrote a letter to Udupi and Manipal police stations to impose the section 144 in the wake of the possibility of a rift between two political parties in the political context.
The tahsildar has ordered in his letter that as precautionary step restrictions have been imposed in the limits of the Udupi Municipal Council.
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Fire in coach of New Delhi-Chennai express train; no casualty
Nagpur (PTI): A coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Grant Trunk Express caught fire in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, railway officials said.
There were no casualties, they said.
Train 12616 New Delhi-Chennai (Tambaram) Grant Trunk Express left from Nagpur in the morning. While it was heading towards Sindi railway station in Wardha, smoke was detected in the last guard coach of the train at 11.09 am, Central Railway spokesperson Sanjay Muley told PTI.
The train was stopped on the Sindi-Tuljapur section, the affected coach was detached immediately, and the fire brigade was called, he said.
All passengers in the train and the coach concerned were safe, the official said.
The cause of the fire will be known after a detailed investigation.
The train will resume its journey in some time without the affected coach, the official added.
