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Passengers travelling to West Bengal and the northeastern States were stranded in Visakhapatnam as several trains were cancelled owing to the mass agitations in West Bengal on Saturday and Sunday.Four trains bound to Howrah were short-terminated at Visakhapatnam railway station on Sunday. Many passengers were seen squatting on the platforms and sleeping on the benches, not knowing when the trains would resume journey.“Our train arrived in Visakhapatnam around 3 a.m. on Sunday and it was short-terminated. There is no information on running of special trains,” said Dhiren Bausmarth from Assam who, along with his sister and sister-in-law, was travelling by Bengaluru - Guwahati Express.Yugal Kishore, a passenger of the same train lamented that there was no information pertaining to his onward journey. Ticket money refunded In the last two days, the Railways has refunded around ₹30 lakh to the passengers who have cancelled their journey in view of the uncertainty over the … [Read more...] about Passengers bound to West Bengal, northeastern States stranded in Visakhapatnam

Online bus ticketing platform redBus has associated with online tickets and events company BookMyShow to offer pick-up and drop shuttle service to fans attending the ‘U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2019’, concert in Mumbai on December 15.The concert has being organized by BookMyShow at the DY Patil Sports Stadium in Nerul in Navi Mumbai at 4 PM on Sunday, offering hundreds of thousands of fans of the popular Irish rock band, an opportunity to watch their favourite singers perform live on stage. Adding to the spirit and excitement, is the convenience of travelling to and from the venue, with dedicated pick-up and drop being provided by redBus from Powai, Tardeo, BKC, Santacruz and Pune. It should also be noted that there is no parking facility at the venue of the concert, making the bus travel a suitable and convenient option. RedBus has deployed 100 private chartered air-conditioned busses for the same that would ply non-stop between the venue and the pick-up points, with two-way … [Read more...] about redBus and BookMyShow collaborate for U2 concert in Mumbai

        Global card companies like Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. are losing market share to upstarts in the world’s most innovative payments market: India.Transactions through India’s homegrown Unified Payments Interface — which allows mobile apps run by retailers, airlines and other firms to take payment directly from bank accounts — reached almost half the value of debit and credit cards swiped at stores last month, central bank data show.The surge in UPI transactions has taken place since 2016 when the interface was set up by an umbrella organisation of Indian banks. Mastercard, in contrast, has built up its business in India over three decades.“The introduction of UPI in August 2016 led to the creation of a wealth of new innovative payment solutions, and the adoption rates of UPI payments are truly spectacular,” US-based Fidelity National Information Services Inc. said in a December 2017 report. UPI “opens up access … [Read more...] about Mastercard, Visa lose out to upstarts in India’s payments space

While a debate on justice for women who face abuse and cruelty is raging across the country, the plight of a woman in Chikkamagaluru who was attacked with acid in 2015 is proof of how the wait for justice can be an excruciating one. “He should have murdered me instead of pouring acid on my face. I would have been better off that way,” said Pushpa (name changed), 32, looking back on the pain she suffered every time she appeared in court or underwent surgery. So far, she has undergone 18 surgeries.The first hearing on the case was held on August 17, 2015, and the matter is still to be disposed of. The hearing has been completed and the Second Additional District and Sessions Court has posted the matter for January 10, 2020. “The case is in the final stage. Yet, there has been no progress for nearly two years. The accused are on bail. The public prosecutor has to come from Hassan to attend the hearings,” she told The Hindu.Ms. Pushpa, who ran a beauty parlour at … [Read more...] about ‘He should have murdered me instead of pouring acid’

Valapattanam: The image of the Kerala Police has been sullied of late owing to several instances of high-handedness. Yet another over-bearing conduct of the cops led to a tense situation near Valapattanam in Kerala’s Kannur district on Saturday. Four youth have been arrested after a trivial issue snowballed into a brief unrest. The trigger for the chain of events finally resulting in the arrest was the halting of a police jeep on the middle of the road, causing a traffic block. The incident happened at Alvil Pannerimukku around 11:30am on Saturday. The police stopped the official jeep in the middle of the road to impose fine on a person, who was found smoking in public. The Sub-Inspector summoned the offender to the jeep and levied fine from him. This caused traffic congestion in the area. Pointing out the traffic snarl, B U Nishad, an 18-year-old employee at a nearby textile shop, asked whether the jeep could be stationed on the roadside and the cops were irked by his blunt … [Read more...] about Cops, public spar after teen objects to parking of police jeep; 4 booked