Sagar: An Electric short-circuit led to a fire at the Syndicate Bank branch of the city, located near the Mysuru Café hotel here in the wee hours of Monday.

According to the reports the incident was reported at 2.30 am when the bank ATM’s security guard noticed fire inside the bank and informed the bank manager. During the incident Computers, scanner, passbook printer and other items of the bank were damaged and destroyed by the fire, the reports added.

Local fire brigade team also rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire.

Bank Manager Sandeep Kumar lauded the alertness of the security guard and confirmed that banker locker and registers were safe because of the quick responsiveness of the guard.

The fire brigade team which rushed to the spot and controlled the fire included Ishwar Naik, Abdul Razzak, J Ravi, Sathish, Srinivas and driver Shankar Gowda.

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Jamshedpur (PTI): Over half a dozen passenger trains will remain cancelled for three days from December 22 under the Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway due to the movement of elephants, a railway statement said on Sunday.

The Memu train services will remain cancelled between December 22 to 24, a South Eastern Railway statement said.

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Movement of a herd of elephants has been noticed near rail tracks between Chakradharpur (Jharkhand's Singhbhum)-Jharsuguda (Odisha) section of the division, especially Bandamuna during night, said Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Chakradharpur division of S E Railway, Aditya Choudhary.

The train services are being slowed down, causing traffic congestion and subsequently delaying train movements, he said.

The trains which will remain cancelled due to elephant movements in the section include 68025/68026(Ckp-Rou-Ckp), 68043/68044 (Tata-Rou-Tata), 18175/18176(Hte-Jsg-Hte), 68029/68030 (Rou-Jsg-Rou), 58151/58152 (Brmp-Bxf-Brmp) PASS, 68125/68126 (Tata-Bbn-Tata) MEMU, 68019/68020 (Tata-Gua-Tata) Memu, 68010/68009/68006 (Ckp-Tata-Kgp-Ckp) Memu, it added.