Bengaluru, Karnataka News Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Karnataka’s northern districts of Yadgiri and Kalaburagi on Thursday to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate a bevvy of development projects valued at over Rs 10,800 crores. This was the second such visit by the Prime Minister to Karnataka this month.
Meanwhile, Tejasvi Surya, national president of the BJP Yuva Morcha and the party’s MP from Bengaluru South, was criticised for allegedly opening the emergency exit door of an IndiGo aircraft before takeoff, at the Chennai airport on December 10 last year. The airline released a statement on Tuesday without mentioning the MP by name following some media reports on it. According to sources, Surya gave a written apology to the airline.
In other news, India Post inaugurated Bengaluru’s first evening post office on Monday. Situated on Museum Road, the post office offers services ranging from speed post to Aadhaar. The office will be open six days a week from 1 pm to 9 pm, offering services of speed post, parcel booking, parcel packing, Aadhaar services, picture postcards and stamp services. This initiative was introduced mainly for working professionals, making access to services easier for them.
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