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KSRTC to extend Airport Volvo bus services to central railway station

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July 29, 2011
Mangalore, July 29: Deputy commissioner and chairman of Regional Transport Authority (RTA) N S Channappa Gowda as a special case on Wednesday relaxed conditions in the district magistrates notification issued on April 6, 1993. This relaxation allows KSRTC to extend the Volvo bus services to the new integrated terminal building (NITB) of Mangalore airport to Mangalore central railway station. This Volvo bus service is currently operating from NITB of the airport to the main bus station of KSRTC at Bejai.

KSRTC had introduced two Volvo buses to the airport on July 15, but these buses were not entering the central business district area of the city due to deputy commissioner's notification of April 1993, which banned entry of buses, both government and private to State Bank of India terminus. Following this, KSRTC officials had moved the RTA to grant permission to extend the bus service to Mangalore central railway station.

Their request also had the backing of regional transport officer, who is the secretary of RTA. KSRTC Mangalore division authorities had told TOI on July 11, the day a decision to introduce buses to the airport from July 15 was taken at the quarterly review meeting of 20-point Karnataka Development Programme chaired by district in-charge minister J Krishna Palemar, that starting the Volvo bus service to the airport from its main bus station at Bejai would be counter-productive and not receive due patronage.

The DC in an official communique here stated that the KSRTC can operate the Volvo buses from the airport to central railway station via Kavoor, Bondel, Bejai, KSRTC, Lalbagh, PVS, Bunts Hostel Circle, Jyothi, Hampankatte (central railway station). In the return journey, the bus will traverse via K S Rao Road, P V S Circle, Bunts Hostel Circle, Jyothi Circle, St Agnes College, Mallikatte, Nanthoor, KPT, Bondel and Kavoor.

The relaxation, the DC stated, is applicable to only two Volvo buses of KSRTC, which is operating four round trips from NITB and the city. C Yeshwanath Kumar, in-charge divisional controller told TOI that KSRTC is eying at air passengers coming from Kasargod. Some of them come by train and a pick up point at central railway station will be useful to them, he said, adding that KSRTC could provide connectivity to the airport service to passengers coming by its Volvo service operating to Kasargod as well. The initial response to the service has not been encouraging, but has long term potential of attracting and serving passengers, Yeshwanth pointed.

"If the occupancy level goes up, we can ask our central head office to give us Volvo buses with luggage carriers," he said, adding that KSRTC has a fleet of nearly 200 such buses operating in Bangalore and Mysore and upgrading services locally to meet exclusive needs of air passengers will not be an issue. Inquiries from people to this service is heartwarming, he pointed.

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March 6,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 6: All the arrested in a case of sedition filed over a school play in Karnataka's Bidar have been granted anticipatory bail by a court that said the case lacked enough basis.

The play, themed on protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), "has not caused any disharmony in the society", said the district and sessions court in Bidar.

The play, performed in January by the children of prestigious Shaheen School, landed in trouble when a sedition complaint was filed over an 11-year-old girl's lines - enacting an elderly woman, she said if anyone asked for documents she would hit them with slippers.

That led to a sedition case and the police questioning children, teachers and the school management over many rounds.

"The drama has not caused any disharmony in the society. Considering all the circumstances, I am of the opinion that the ingredients of Section 124A of IPC (Sedition) are prima facie lacking," said the court.

Five members of the school management team have been granted protection from arrest. Earlier, the head teacher and the mother of the student who spoke the dialogue were sent to custody, but on other charges including the abetment of an offence. They were not accused of sedition. They were later granted bail.

The repeated questioning of young students and the arrest of the widowed mother of a student caused a huge uproar in the town.

An order is expected soon on the bail application in another sedition case in Karnataka, against three Kashmiri students. The students, who were studying in Hubbali in north Karnataka, are facing charges for reportedly using pro-Pakistani slogans in an online post. The Hubbali Bar Association had asked its members not to represent the students. Lawyers from Bengaluru who went to Hubbali represent the students were heckled.

On Thursday, a team of lawyers from different districts again went to Hubballi and were provided police protection. BT Venkatesh, one of the lawyers, said he had a meeting with bar association members and that the matter was sorted out. The students have applied for bail and an order is expected next week.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru Jul 29: There will be a centralised system in place in Karnataka to classify asymptomatic, symptomatic and mild symptomatic persons and recommend treatment based on the severity of the cases, said Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday here.

"Various existing apps related to COVID-19 will be brought under one platform to get real-time information which will assist in strategising allocation of hospitals/beds to the needy. This will probably remove the delay in bed allocation and treatment which is being faced now. The patients will get all information in one phone call," Dr Sudhakar said.

Sudhakar spoke with a team of experts from the government and Infosys.

Referring to a company by name Step 1, which is providing such services in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, the Minister said that a similar system will be implemented in the state as well.

"This company is having a team of doctors and nurses which is guiding the people whether they need hospital treatment or home isolation after they are tested positive for COVID-19. More than 70 per cent of the positive cases are being asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and are advised to go for home isolation," the minister said.

"The load on the hospitals is reduced and severe cases can be administered proper treatment. Infosys co-ordinates with the government to provide technical support for this system," Dr Sudhakar added.

Earlier during the day, the minister held a video conference with the heads of private medical colleges to review COVID preparedness.
The government has already passed guidelines to allocate 50 per cent of hospital beds for COVID patients.

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June 20,2020

Shivamogga, Jun 20: Shivamogga District unit of Congress led by party veteran Kagodu Thimmappa staged a protest against state government's proposal to amend the land reform act, which will allow non-agriculturist to buy farmland.

The leaders of Farmers' Union (Raith Sangh) also staged a protest at Mahaveer circle and questioned CM's stand as he took oath in the name of farmers.

The district congress staged a protest at the premise of the Deputy Commissioner office in Shivamogga city.

The protesters termed Karnataka Government led by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa as an anti-farmers government.

According to Congress and Raith Sang, the proposed amendments to Karnataka State Land reforms act 1961 will cause harm to farmers.

"According to the proposed amendment, non-agriculturists like business tycoons can also purchase the agriculture land. This will help the businessman and will be harmful to farmers," protesters said.

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