Mangaluru: We will rethink voting Congress if the party provides the Lok Sabha election ticket to anti-minority candidate Vinay Kumar Sorake, warned K. Ashraf, president of the DK District Muslim Federation.

Vinay Kumar Sorake has previously won the Kapu and Udupi constituency with the support of Muslims and minorities' votes. However, he had denied Muslims and minority candidates from contesting local bodies' polls. With this, he had attempted to keep Muslims and minority community candidates far from politics. His attention was to end the minority community's political presence, the Federation alleged.

"It has been heard that the Congress is giving the ticket to Sorake to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Dakshina Kannada constituency. We will rethink voting Congress if the party gives the Lok Sabha election ticket to anti-minority candidate Vinay Kumar Sorake," the Federation warned.

The Muslims, representatives, and leaders of the minority communities in the Congress should express their stand on this issue, said K. Ashraf, president of the DK District Muslim Federation.

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Bengaluru: The last date to avail the 50% concession on fines for all unpaid traffic e-challans issued before 2020 comes to an end tomorrow

The Karnataka government announced the rebate after a gap of two months on November 20, and it was available for a limited period between November 21 and December 12.

Earlier, the government had offered a similar 50% discount on pending traffic fines between August 23 and September 12.

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As per the order, vehicle owners with pending traffic challans can clear their dues by paying only half of the total fine amount during the concession period.

How to View and Pay Pending Traffic Fines

Pending fines can be checked and paid through multiple platforms:

Karnataka State Police (KSP) app

ASTraM app of the Bengaluru Traffic Police

By providing your vehicle registration number at the nearest traffic police station

At the Traffic Management Centre

Through the Karnataka One/Bangalore One or Mangalore One websites