Siddaramaiah visits Vartha Bharati Head office in Mangaluru
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Saturday visited the head office of Vartha Bharati in Mangaluru.
Speaking to the team of Vartha Bharati, Siddaramaiah lauded the efforts of the team and added that Vartha Bharati was carrying out objective and people-friendly journalism.
“Over the last two decades, Vartha Bharati has fulfilled its duties as a responsible and people-friendly media house. It has been the voice of the people and has been doing what a media house should ideally be doing,” he said.
Chief Editor Abdussalam Puthige gave a tour of Vartha Bharati’s office and later briefed him about the reach and performances of online and print editions of Vartha Bharati .
The Community Media Trust’s Trustee Yaseen Malpe presented a memento to Siddaramaiah while Mangaluru Bureau Chief B N Pushparaj welcomed him with a bouquet.
Deputy Leader of Opposition UT Khader, former ministers Ramanath Rai, Abhaychandra Jain, former MLA Vasant Bangera, JR Lobo, former Mayor Shashidhar Hegde, Congress DK Minority Wing’s Chairman Shahul Hameed, Corporator Abdul Rawoof, Abdul Latif, Congress leaders GA Bava, Luqman Bantwal, Pratibha Kulai, Kavita Sanil and others were present during Siddaramaiah visit to Vartha Bharati office.
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After fake ID crackdown, IRCTC daily new accounts down to 5000 from one lakh: Railways
New Delhi (PTI): With a new, stringent system to establish user identity, the number of new user IDs being added daily on the IRCTC website has declined to about 5,000 from nearly one lakh, officials said on Saturday.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw noted that the crackdown by Indian Railways on train ticket booking through fake identities is yielding positive results, according to a press note.
Before the latest reforms, this number had touched nearly one lakh new user IDs per day, it said.
"Following the introduction of a stringent system to establish user identity and detect fake IDs, about 5,000 new user IDs are now being added daily on the IRCTC website," the note said.
The officials stated that these steps have already helped Indian Railways deactivate 3.03 crore fake accounts.
"Another 2.7 crore user IDs have either been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension based on the suspicious activities they are indulging in," they said.
The Union minister directed officials to ensure that the ticketing system is reformed to a level where all travellers are able to book tickets easily through a real and genuine user ID, the press note added.
Additionally, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials to provide local cuisine of the region in Vande Bharat trains.
Introducing local cuisine that reflects the culture and tastes of the regions being traversed will significantly enhance the passenger experience, officials said.
This facility will be expanded to all the trains progressively in future, they added.
