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Bengaluru traffic and soaring cab prices have been a matter of concern for a long time now. Air passengers tend to face a tough time in long traffic jams and even get late for their flights. In order to make commuting easy and feasible for commuters, Indian Railways' South Western Railway introduced five new pairs of Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) trains from Bengaluru. 

It will take the passengers to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) at Rs 30 to Rs 35 per head. The train services commenced on July 29. Indian Railways took this initiative to provide additional connectivity to the airport. 

As per an RTI response, the allegation of Kurla land owner Munira Plumber is false that her power of attorney (PoA) in the name of Salim Patel which was used to sell the land to NCP leader Nawab Malik was a forged one. This was submitted before a special court during the bail hearing of Malik who has been in judicial custody since his arrest in February this year.

The RTI response showed that the document was an authenticated one, and the court was informed.

The PoA is the supplementary one that was purportedly entered into in 1999. As per Plumber’s statement to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), she had made a PoA in the name of Patel in March 1999 so that he could remove encroachments on the land. As per this, he could not sell the land without her consent or consultation. The second one was allegedly one forged which enabled him to sell the land.

Owing to a call given by the Active Telugu Film Producers’ Guild, the shootings in Telugu film industry, popularly called Tollywood, came to an indefinite halt on Monday.

The Active Telugu Film Producers’ Guild’s call was endorsed by the Telugu film chamber of commerce on Sunday.

“We have taken a unanimous decision to stop the shootings of films for an indefinite period, till we find a solution plaguing the Telugu film industry. There will be no shootings not only of new films, but also of the ongoing films on sets,” film producer and distributor Dil Raju said.

Sanjay Arora, a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was appointed as

the new Delhi Police Commissioner on Sunday.

Arora, a 1988-batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer was till now serving as the Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

The post of Delhi Police Commissioner would have fallen vacant after July 31, as the current Commissioner Rakesh Asthana’s tenure was set to end this day.

An official notification released by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday

Enforcement Directorate has recovered cash amount from Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's residence. Raut is currently under scanner in Patra Chawl case. The ED has recovered Rs 11.5 Lakh from Raut's residence. As per sources, Rs 10 Lakh were kept in a packet, that had Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's name written over it.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing a money laundering case on Sunday conducted a search at Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's residence in suburban Bhandup for nine hours and questioned him before shifting him to the agency's office in south Mumbai in the evening, sources said.