Bantwala: Vitla police station’s beat police constable has been suspended in connection with the alleged dereliction of duty when several miscreants demolished the Mother Velankanni’s temple at Kulalu Kuntrakala in Kolnadu village.

The suspended police constable has been identified as Ashok attached to the Vittla police station.

According to a complaint registered at the Vitta police station, a gang of miscreants demolished the Mother Velankanni temple and installed a saffron flag on the night of September 27.

District Superintendent of Police Ravikanthe Gowda had intensified the investigation regarding this. It has been learnt that the SP issued an order to suspend Ashok, who was on beat duty in Kulalu village.  The SP suspended him for allegedly failing to collect information about the land disputes.



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New Delhi (PTI): Air India Express will restart flights to and from Muscat on Tuesday after suspending services in the wake of the Middle East conflict.

The airline's services to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE will remain suspended until 2359 hours IST on March 3.

In a statement on Monday, the Tata Group-owned carrier said it would resume operations to and from Muscat starting Tuesday (March 3), with scheduled services to Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangaluru, Mumbai, and Tiruchirappalli.

The first Air India Express flight from Muscat will operate to Tiruchirappally, departing at 1025 hours local time, it added.

Many airspaces in the Middle East are closed due to the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran, as a result of flight operations have been impacted.