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Reporter, The New Indian Express. Cover Rlys, Metro, Aviation, BDA, Water, RERA, Postal, Passport & Crime in the beats. Investigative news. Cat parent. Arsenal.
May 4, 2023 12 tweets 4 min read
Monsoon preparedness in full swing at Bengaluru Railway Division: To ensure smooth & safe running of trains during the upcoming monsoon season, the Div is undertaking works across sectors involved in train operations (1/12) @XpressBengaluru @drmsbc
@NewIndianXpress @RailMinIndia Image (2/12) Intense patrolling along railway tracks is also on presently.
Speaking to The New Indian Express, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Administration, Kusuma Hariprasad, said, “We are taking all precautionary measures for safe operation of trains during monsoon." Image
May 3, 2023 6 tweets 4 min read
Postal dept to motivate people to step out & vote in #KarnatakaElections2023:
Beginning today, the Karnataka Postal Circle will be goading public to cast their valuable votes in the upcoming May 10 polls (1/6) @IndiaPostOffice
@XpressBengaluru
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@AshwiniVaishnaw Image (2/6) The week-long campaign will make use of Franking Machine messages on envelopes to urge public to exercise their franchise.
The words, “Cast your vote on 10th May.  Be a responsible citizen,” will be displayed on envelopes @CPMGKARNATAKA
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Apr 24, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Senior citizen couple awarded compensation by Bengaluru consumer court a week ago for their delayed @airindiain flight from KIA to Delhi 3.5 years ago. The delay makes them miss their intl flgt to Kilimanajaro for their African safari trip @makemytrip @DGCAIndia
@BLRAirport Image Senior citizen Ramabhadran told TNIE: I am happy I was able to teach a lesson to both Air India and Make My Trip. However, am not at all happy with the compensation amount. My daughter spent so much money in rebooking the tickets. I had requested for a much higher amount.
Apr 24, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Karnataka Lokayukta Bengaluru City Police conducted raids at the residence of Assistant Director of Town Planning, BBMP (civic agency) at Yelahanka on Monday morning. Cash still being counted (1/4) @XpressBengaluru @NewIndianXpress @KannadaPrabha @venkatashok ImageImage (2/4) Raid on following complaint on disproportionate assets ImageImageImageImage