Shiradi Ghat remains closed: How to travel Mangaluru-Bengaluru
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Mangaluru: Connection between Mangaluru-Bengaluru has been affected following heavy rainfall and landslides at Shiradi Ghat and Sampaje Road.
While government and private buses reaching Bengaluru via alternate routes, trains are touching Bengaluru via Kerala.
KSRTC Rajahamsa buses are reaching Bengaluru via Charmadi Ghat. Volvo buses are moving through Kottigehara, Kalasa, and kudremukh. All the vehicles that were plying through Shiradi and Sampaji ghats are also moving on the same route. If traffic congestion occurs, the travel time will be increased. Therefore, it is better if the travelers from Bengaluru or Mangaluru start their journey couple of hours before their scheduled timings; suggests officials.
Trains via Kerala: Trains running between Mangaluru and Bengaluru are moving through Kerala due to heavy rains and landslides. In fact, only one train is running at night via Mangaluru, Shornur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Erode, and Jalarpete. The train departs Mangaluru Central at 9 pm and reaches Bangaluru at noon, the next day. That means about 15 hours of journey.
Meanwhile, the number of passengers travelling between Mangaluru and Bengaluru has declined dramatically. Following which, the KSRTC Rajahamsa and Volvo buses are plying day and night.
The number of passengers is not as per expectations. The passenger numbers cannot be increased unless the highway is completely repaired. Currently, buses are running according to the number of passengers. The number of buses will be raised as passenger numbers increase, said Mangaluru Divisional controller Deepak.
Private buses have also changed their Mangaluru-Bengaluru route. Instead of Shiradi, they have opted Charmadi. While private buses have decided Shivamogga route for Kundapur passengers, they are taking Udupi passengers to the state capital via Mangaluru-Charmadi.
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Canadian report finds 'no definitive link' between Nijjar killing and India
Ottawa, Jan 29 (PTI): A Canada commission report has said that "no definitive link" with a "foreign state" in the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was "proven", smashing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that accused the involvement of Indian agents in the killing.
In September 2023, Trudeau said Canada had credible evidence that agents of the Indian government were involved in the murder of Nijjar in British Columbia in June 2023.
The report titled "Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions' was released on Tuesday.
In the report commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue said "Disinformation is used as a retaliatory tactic to punish decisions that run contrary to a state's interests."
The report has suggested India spread disinformation on the killing of Nijjar.
"This may have been the case with a disinformation campaign that followed the Prime Minister's announcement regarding suspected Indian involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar (though again no definitive link to a foreign state could be proven)," the report said.
Nijjar was gunned down in Surrey, British Columbia, in June 2023.
The 123-page report also talked of expelling six Indian diplomats.
"In October 2024, Canada expelled six Indian diplomats and consular officials in reaction to a targeted campaign against Canadian citizens by agents linked to the Government of India," it said.
However, India expelled six Canadian diplomats and announced the withdrawal of its high commissioner.
The relations between India and Canada came under severe strain following Prime Minister Trudeau's allegations in September last year of the "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Nijjar.
New Delhi had rejected Trudeau's charges as "absurd".
India has repeatedly criticised Trudeau's government for being soft on supporters of the Khalistan movement who live in Canada. The Khalistan movement is banned in India but has support among the Sikh diaspora, particularly in Canada.
On Tuesday, India strongly rejected "insinuations" made against it in the report by a Canadian commission that investigated allegations that certain foreign governments were meddling in Canada's elections.
In a strong reaction, the MEA in New Delhi said it rejects the report's "insinuations" on India.
It is in fact Canada which has been "consistently interfering" in India's internal affairs, it said.
