Services of 5 trains connecting Mangaluru Railway Station suspended
Mangaluru: Five trains, which connect Mangalore railway station, have been canceled due to heavy rains and landslides in Karnataka and its neighboring state Kerala. Also, some trains will be partially canceled on Friday, said the railway sources.
The Mangalore-Chennai Egmore Express (Train No 16860) has been canceled from today. Ernad Express (Train No. 16605) that runs between Mangaluru Central-Nagercoil Junction, Mangaluru-Nagarcoil Express Train (16649), Mangaluru-Coimbatore Express (22609), Kannur-Thiruvananthapuram Jan Shatabdi Express (12081) and Kannur-Aleppo Express Train (16308) have been cancelled.
Partial Cancellation
The Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express train (12432), which started the journey from Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi on August 14, is likely to run only up to Kozhikode. Similarly, the Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Express train (12618) will run just up to Kozhikode, and the further journey will be partially cancelled.
The Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Thiruvananthapuram Nethravathi express train (16545) will also be partially canceled at Kozhikode, a release said.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
