Bengaluru, Mar 26 (PTI): The state-owned Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Wednesday said it will be operating 2,000 additional buses during the Ugadi and Eid al-Fitr festivals.
In view of the Ugadi and Ramzan (Eid al-Fitr) festivals on March 30 and 31 respectively, KSRTC has made elaborate arrangements to operate 2,000 extra buses from Bengaluru to various places in addition to the existing schedules to provide transport facility to the travelling public from March 28 to 30, an official release said.
Later, special buses will be operated from various intra and inter-state places to Bengaluru on March 31, it said.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmasthala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Sringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places, KSRTC said.
Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station (in Bengaluru) will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar and Madikeri.
All premier special buses will be operated from Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) Bus Station, Shanthinagar (TTMC-- Traffic and Transit Management Centre) to Madurai, Kumbakonam, Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Khozikode and other places in Tamil Nadu and Kerala state.
Facilities are provided to book computerised reservation tickets in advance for the special buses, it added.
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Shivpuri (PTI): The 60-year-old mother of a rape accused was killed allegedly by the victim's brother in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Friday, Rannod police station house officer (SHO) Arvind Chauhan said.
"An anganwadi worker returning from a hospital was offered a lift by one Inder Gurjar, who took her to a secluded spot and raped her. She called up her brothers to narrate the ordeal. One brother of the victim along with two associates went to Gurjar's house and assaulted him. When Gurjar's mother Sirkunwarbai (60) intervened, she was attacked with a sharp weapon. She died on the spot," he said.
Based on a complaint filed by the deceased woman's daughter-in-law, three persons were booked for murder. One of them was held on Saturday, the official added.
A separate case has also been registered against Gurjar for rape, he said.
Police personnel have been deployed in the area in view of tension following the incident, the official added.
