Bengaluru: A high speed journey on the Bengaluru-Mysuru rail route was so smooth after intensive track maintenance work that it passed a test where not a drop of water spilled out from a glass kept on a table in a coach, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said.

The Minister, in a tweet on Friday night, shared a video showing a water filled glass kept on a table in a compartment and not a drop spilling out during the recent trip.

"The journey was so smooth that not even a single drop of water drop spilled out of the glass while the train was travelling at high speed.

The results of intensive track Railway track maintenance carried out between Bengaluru & Mysuru in Karnataka are there for everyone to see," he tweeted.

A Railway officer said the work on the over 130 km stretch was undertaken over the past six months at a cost of Rs 40 crore. Ballast insertion, tamping of tracks and strengthening of embankments were some of the works carried out, she said. 

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Belagavi: City Police Commissioner Bushan Borase has said that Shivanand Neelannavar, owner of Shivam Associates, has been taken into custody for having violated Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rules by running an unauthorized transaction scheme and getting thousands of people to deposit money.

The police registered an FIR on Friday night and questioned Neelannavar, who is also suspected to be involved in money laundering, in the case.

On Thursday evening, Assistant Commissioner Shravan Nayak, accompanied by officials of the Cooperation Department, conducted a preliminary investigation that followed a search of about 24 hours at the offices of Shivanand Neelannavar, owner of Shivam Associates. The operation is said to have been conducted under directions of Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan.

The officials held the raid over allegations of a money-circulation racket, and reportedly seized important financial documents from the office of Shivam Associates. Preliminary findings suggested that about 5,000 investors were made to invest nearly Rs 4,600 crore through pyramid-style scheme. Documents related to the financial transactions were seized from an apartment and two offices of Shivam Associates for further scrutiny.

AC Nayak is said to have submitted a detailed preliminary report on the probe to the DC on Friday, sources said, and senior officials of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) are expected to take over the case soon.

Statements made by Shivananda Neelannavar, a native of Unkal, Hubballi, at a recent event in Kadur went viral on social media. He was seen declaring that he had built a big empire and, having 15,000 guns, was not afraid of anyone. It is learned that he had said that, if needed, he would also show up as CM in 2028.

The viral video is learned to have drawn the attention of the authorities to Shivam Associates and led them to conduct the raid.