Dharmasthala case: SIT report delayed due to technical issues, says HM Parameshwara
Bengaluru: State Home Minister Dr. G Parameshwara has said that submission of the report by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed to probe the mass burial case in Dharmasthala is delayed due to technical glitches.
He further told reporters who met him on Thursday that the government had also postponed the deadline for submission of the report by a few days.
“The State Commission for Women has urged the government for a probe of the case, but only a comprehensive investigation will reveal all facts. The investigation, however, is time-consuming and the report too will have to be checked closely regarding all aspects of the case. Currently, there is a delay in the release of the report on account of technical problems,” Parameshwara told the reporters.
When asked about Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's visit to New Delhi, he clarified that Shivakumar had gone to discuss issues related to the Irrigation Department with legal experts.
Speaking about the farmers' protest for a minimum support price (MSP) for sugarcane, Parameshwara told the reporters, “There are discussions with the farmers on an annual basis on the price of sugarcane. The farmers have demanded from us the same MSP as given by the Maharashtra government. We will discuss the matter with the farmers and give them suitable compensation.”
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Indigo flights chaos: SCR to run special trains to clear passenger rush
Hyderabad (PTI): The South Central Railway on Saturday announced that it would run four special trains to manage the surge in passengers resulting from the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights here.
The move comes as flyers face significant disruption and long queues at the airport due to the cancellation.
A press release from the SCR said it is running the special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers to Chennai, Mumbai and Shalimar (Kolkata) from Hyderabad today.
Meanwhile, as many as 43 outbound Indigo flights were cancelled from here on Saturday, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport sources said.
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Similarly, 26 incoming flights are also likely to be cancelled during the day, they said.
The flight cancellations drew ire from passengers, who thronged the IndiGo counters at the airport demanding to know the exact situation.
“This is utter nonsense! Digiyatra done, message received that departure has been rescheduled ahead of the scheduled departure and now upon arriving at Hyderabad airport coming to know at the security checkpoint that Indigo flight is cancelled,” Tarun Singha, former Ministry of Defence spokesperson said in a post on X.
“But the thing is if you don’t shout they do nothing. Example at Hyderabad Airport, there was no staff no flight information for an hour. Then a fellow passenger started shouting on mic and an Indigo staff appeared finally,” a netizen said in a post.
On Friday, when IndiGo cancelled over 1,000 flights from across airports, its CEO Pieter Elbers apologised in a video message for the major inconvenience caused to passengers due to the disruptions.
In the one-way video communication, Elbers also said that the airline was expecting fewer than 1,000 flights on Saturday.
