Bengaluru: Thanks to the ongoing war between the United States, Israel against Iran and the after-effects in the way of transporting crude oil and natural gases, a panic-like situation has been prevailing in parts of the country. This has been the predicament, despite government authorities assuring the countrymen from time to time that there are sufficient stocks and no need to raise an alarm! Hotels declare closure: No sooner did reports of the war's impact hit the headlines than they sparked a variety of repercussions on the ground. The hoteliers were the first to make a hullabaloo by issuing statements about the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders, while many other hotel owners were in a hurry to raise the prices of eatables and beverages. Some big hotels even went so far as to declare a closure, citing an inadequate supply of commercial gas cylinders. Hoarding of petrol and diesel: Strangely, the paucity of LPG, CNG gases, domestic and commercial LPG cylinders was felt on...
Bengaluru: Chennu Mathad, a Delhi-based Kannadiga, has forwarded the following Facebook post: This morning, while I was standing in line at the Chigari bus stand in Vidyanagar, Hubballi, to attend the Dharwad District Kannada Literary Conference being held in Dharwad, I was surprised to see Prof. I. G. Sanadi—who had served three terms as a Member of Parliament and also as a member of the Legislative Council with distinction—standing right in front of me, buying a ticket like everyone else. Would have travelled in a luxurious car: If it had been any other politician who had held such high positions, they would have travelled in a luxurious car. But he was travelling by bus like an ordinary person—what else could this be if not a symbol of his simplicity? Shared his political journey, experiences... Not only that, since we couldn’t find seats together on the bus, we had to sit separately. However, unable to resist, he requested the person sitting next to me and came to sit beside me. ...