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#Jailer2
Marks (out of 100)
Rajni = 100 (centum)
(Mohanlal + Mithun + Hrithik + Jackie + SJ Surya + Vidya) = 6 (1 mark each. Fail)
Anirudh = -3 (negative marks. Fail)
Nelson = -3 (negative marks. Super fail)
Total = 100/100
@rajinikanth @Mohanlal @iHrithik @bindasbhidu @vidya_balan @anirudhofficial @Nelsondilpkumar @iam_SJSuryah
If one person was a gig worker with #Rapido and in the Bangalore Whitefield incident 2 of them were with #Swiggy, high time these companies do proper background verification of gig workers through police. Today anyone with an Aadhaar card gets recruited. Even Election Commission of India did not accept Aadhaar card in the SIR exercise.
Rapido has issued a statement after one of the three accused shooters in the firing incident targeting Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff was publicly linked to the ride-hailing platform.
Following the arrests, it emerged that Kumar was a gig worker associated with Rapido. Responding to the reports, the ride-hailing company clarified that while Kumar was registered as a 'captain' (rider or driver) on its platform, he had not been active since October 14 – four days before the firing incident.
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#TigerShroffFiring #News
Why do these Jewellery owners act on their TV advertisements and torture the viewers?? @LalithaJwlry
#Jailer2. Just watched Jailer2. Horrible movie. Only Rajni is the saving grace. Very stylish.
All others were a waste. @Mohanlal, @bindasbhidu #JackieShroff, #SurajVenjaramoodu, @iam_SJSuryah, @vidya_balan, @iHrithik @VijaySethuOffl and many others. All put together a totally messy crappy movie with lousy @anirudhofficial music.
@Nelsondilpkumar could make such a shitty movie and get away only because he had @rajinikanth. Thalaivar has been forced to carry crap on his shoulders.
With Vijay Sethupathi coming in the last scene they may be making J3. 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
@hydcitypolice @CPHydCity @cyberabadpolice @CPCyberabad Sirs - I paid approximately ₹4,500 online to Landeed on 14 October 2026 for soft copies of four sale deeds under their “soft copy in 3 hours” offering.
More than 24 hours have passed. No documents have been delivered, and they are not responding to my follow-ups. Accepting payment against a specific delivery promise and then failing to deliver or respond is unacceptable. This raises serious concerns of cheating and misleading customers.
Their address is Plot 79 & 80, Navakalasha, Prashanth Hills, Khajaguda, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500008 @LandeedInc
please investigate and help secure immediate delivery of the documents or a full refund. They may be cheating.
After I posted this tweet addressing Hyderabad Police, Landeed has processed the refund. Thanks @hydcitypolice 🙏
He sent an all woman squad to take @SavukkuOfficial around Tamilnadu. Now he himself has been questioned by an all woman SIT 😀. முற்பகல் செய்யின் பிற்பகல் விளையும் 🙏
Did former Chennai Police Commissioner & ADGP A. Arun ever dream of this situation?
From heading the force to being placed on compulsory wait and questioned for hours by the all woman SIT probing the #GemGranites R. Veeramani POCSO cases , over alleged delayed action on 2024 complaints involving minors.
Multiple cases, arrests, Goondas Act detention, crore-level money trails under scrutiny. Accountability in progress.
ABCD… for our ward officials who don’t know what to do on a daily basis 😀
(imagined using AI)
@krishnabgowda
@CMofKarnataka
@WFRising
@BECCUPDATES
As many of us keep asking: why does the City Development Minister have to personally come around to check every issue?
What are ward engineers and Commissioners there for? @BECCUPDATES
If KRDCL isn’t delivering, fix the accountability or replace the agency and make it public the inefficiency of the agency.
Basic issues like desilting, asphalting roads, ensuring clean drains and managing traffic diversions at project site should be handled at the zone/field level, not wait for a ministerial inspection.
And if engineers aren’t empowered or qualified to address these issues on the ground, how are they executing works in the first place?
The Minister’s frustration is understandable but the real question is why the system needs ministerial intervention for routine work.
A to Z of Minister’s instructions to his useless ward officials who really don’t know what to do on a daily basis 😀
A – Asphalt the roads.
B – Build proper drains.
C – Clear the garbage.
D – Desilt the stormwater drains.
E – Erect proper road medians.
F – Fill the potholes.
G – Give pedestrians proper footpaths.
H – Hang working streetlights.
I – Inspect the roads regularly.
J – Junctions need proper traffic planning.
K – Keep construction debris off the roads.
L – Lay proper lane markings.
M – Maintain what you build.
N – Notify citizens before digging up roads.
O – Open blocked drains.
P – Paint proper zebra crossings.
Q – Question incompetent contractors.
R – Repair broken pavements and roads.
S – Synchronise traffic signals.
T – Tow illegally parked vehicles.
U – Use proper construction materials.
V – Verify completed work before paying contractors.
W – Work quickly and finish what you start.
X – X-ray every suspiciously expensive project.
Y – Yield results, not excuses.
Z – Zero tolerance for shoddy infrastructure.
@krishnabgowda
@DKShivakumar
@WFRising
@BECCUPDATES
@CMofKarnataka
As many of us keep asking: why does the City Development Minister have to personally come around to check every issue?
What are ward engineers and Commissioners there for? @BECCUPDATES
If KRDCL isn’t delivering, fix the accountability or replace the agency and make it public the inefficiency of the agency.
Basic issues like desilting, asphalting roads, ensuring clean drains and managing traffic diversions at project site should be handled at the zone/field level, not wait for a ministerial inspection.
And if engineers aren’t empowered or qualified to address these issues on the ground, how are they executing works in the first place?
The Minister’s frustration is understandable but the real question is why the system needs ministerial intervention for routine work.
Glad all Police officials involved have been sent to compulsory wait list without postings. Next suspend them as well please @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ
@CMOTamilnadu - please suspend the higher police officials involved before summoning them so that proper enquiry can be conducted
What a big LIE by @IndiaToday!! You covered the story ONLY after 2 or 3 weeks after Veeramani was actually arrested by the Chennai Police. Hindu and Savukku Media and Junior Vikatan carried the story weeks before India Today.
Even on 2nd Sep I asked you and TOI about it. You liars. Shame on your journalism and your journalists.
@SavukkuOfficial
@Savukkumedia
@the_hindu
@JuniorVikatan
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After Jayalalitha’s death, the TN police services deteriorated big time starting from @EPSTamilNadu’s tenure and continues till now. The only hope is for @TVKVijayHQ to restore the glory of TN Police. We need many more Amalrajs.
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I invite volunteers to join me to prepare a legal intervention strategy and move the High Court and ask for simple things that can solve our problems on this stretch. Please inbox me if you’d like to join. We also need Lawyers in Whitefield who can volunteer please.
I have received innumerable number of messages and calls after this post of mine. Actually there are no multiple reasons. There is only one reason. CORRUPTION. At all levels and dimensions. People have to revolt against corruption. I’m willing to join. Let’s revolt. We can be the Mahadevapura cockroach 🙏
I have received innumerable number of messages and calls after this post of mine. Actually there are no multiple reasons. There is only one reason. CORRUPTION. At all levels and dimensions. People have to revolt against corruption. I’m willing to join. Let’s revolt. We can be the Mahadevapura cockroach 🙏
On the Whitefield - Varthur traffic woes, I gave some of my views to ChatGPT and it summed up the top 6 issues on this road stretch:
The top six reasons for the mess:
1. Lack of political will and administrative accountability
This is the fundamental cause. The widening of SH-35 has been discussed for more than a decade, but land acquisition, demolitions and construction have repeatedly missed deadlines. Completion dates have continuously been extended, with the project now unlikely to be finished before 2027.
A separate 140-foot CDP road connecting Gunjur to the Outer Ring Road has also remained incomplete for many years. Its absence forces a large volume of traffic onto SH-35 and narrow roads through Panathur, Balagere, Varthur and Gunjur.
Land acquisition is undoubtedly complicated, but more than a decade of shifting deadlines suggests a lack of sustained political ownership. Several agencies are involved, yet no single authority appears accountable for completing the entire corridor.
2. Rampant real-estate development without matching infrastructure
Varthur, Gunjur, Balagere and Whitefield have acquired thousands of apartments, schools and commercial establishments. However, the roads, alternative links and public transport required to support this growth have not been completed.
Prestige is a particularly visible contributor because of the scale of its developments in the area. Prestige Lakeside Habitat alone reportedly contains 3,426 apartments and 271 villas—3,697 homes in a single development. This is in addition to newer projects such as Prestige Raintree Park, Prestige Lavender Fields, Prestige Somerville and other developments in the wider Varthur–Whitefield catchment.
Prestige is not the only developer and cannot be blamed individually for the entire problem. Brigade and numerous other builders have also developed large projects in the area. The larger failure is governmental: high-density residential projects were approved without first ensuring adequate road capacity, public transportation and multiple access routes.
3. Heavy truck traffic on an unsuitable urban corridor
Residents have been demanding restrictions on heavy trucks along SH-35 for more than a decade. Although peak-hour restrictions reportedly exist, heavy vehicles continue to use the road during school and commuter hours.
A loaded truck moving slowly can occupy most of the usable road width. When two buses or trucks meet at a narrow section—or when one truck breaks down—traffic in both directions can come to a complete standstill.
Through-freight vehicles that do not have business in Varthur or Gunjur should be diverted to the old NH-207/current NH-648 and Satellite Town Ring Road alignment through Hosur–Bagalur–Sarjapur–Hoskote, wherever the relevant sections are operational.
Construction vehicles, water tankers and locally bound delivery trucks should be allowed only during specified off-peak or night-time windows. At a minimum, the heavy-vehicle prohibition must cover the entire school movement period, not merely conventional office peak hours.
4. Broken roads and absence of basic traffic engineering
Large stretches suffer from potholes, craters, uneven road edges, dust, incomplete drainage and partially completed widening work. Although the road may technically have two lanes, damaged surfaces and excavated edges frequently reduce it to one usable lane.
The absence of continuous medians and proper lane separators makes the situation worse:
Vehicles overtake or move onto the wrong side.
Opposing traffic becomes interlocked.
Uncontrolled U-turns interrupt the main traffic flow.
School buses and trucks cannot maintain orderly lanes.
A small obstruction quickly creates a queue extending several kilometres.
Residents have reportedly been requesting road dividers, streetlights and proper traffic management for several years. These are relatively basic interventions and should not have to wait for the elevated corridor or final road widening.
5. Varthur market and the narrow village sections
The road widens in certain places but suddenly narrows through Varthur village and again at Gunjur. These sections function as permanent bottlenecks.
The Varthur market area adds roadside vendors, pedestrians, parked vehicles, loading and unloading, frequent turning movements and vehicles stopping directly on the carriageway. This may have been manageable when Varthur was a village, but it is completely incompatible with today’s volume of school buses, apartment traffic, water tankers and heavy trucks.
The market is not the sole cause, but it is a critical pinch point. Wider roads on either side feed large volumes of traffic into a narrow commercial section. Once this section blocks, the queue rapidly spreads towards Whitefield in one direction and Gunjur in the other.
6. Almost non-existent traffic (police) enforcement
The Whitefield–Varthur–Gunjur stretch has no sustained police presence, continuous patrol vehicles or adequate traffic wardens at critical bottlenecks. Violations such as wrong-side driving, illegal parking, reckless overtaking and obstruction of junctions consequently continue unchecked. With little monitoring and almost no fear of penalties, indiscipline compounds the infrastructure failures and turns an already congested road into complete chaos.
Conclusion
The problem is not simply that there are too many vehicles.
The government permitted metropolitan-scale residential and institutional development, continued allowing heavy through-traffic, and failed to replace the original village road with an adequate transport corridor.
Prestige and other large developers have substantially increased traffic demand, but the primary responsibility rests with the authorities that approved this level of development without completing SH-35 widening, the Gunjur–ORR CDP road, proper junctions, medians, drainage, traffic enforcement and adequate public transport.
Immediate relief can come from strict school-hour truck restrictions, diversion of through-freight to alternative highways, emergency road resurfacing, temporary median barriers, dedicated traffic police at choke points, and regulated parking and loading around Varthur market. None of these measures needs to wait for the long-delayed elevated corridor.
#VarthurGunjur #SH35 #BengaluruTraffic
@CMofKarnataka
@osd_cmkarnataka
@krishnabgowda
@GBA_office
@GBAChiefComm
@DgpKarnataka
@CPBlr
@Jointcptraffic
@Nimmabhaskar22
@WFRising
@RisingVarthur
@MALimbavali
@blrcitytraffic
@lkatheeq
On the Whitefield - Varthur traffic woes, I gave some of my views to ChatGPT and it summed up the top 6 issues on this road stretch:
The top six reasons for the mess:
1. Lack of political will and administrative accountability
This is the fundamental cause. The widening of SH-35 has been discussed for more than a decade, but land acquisition, demolitions and construction have repeatedly missed deadlines. Completion dates have continuously been extended, with the project now unlikely to be finished before 2027.
A separate 140-foot CDP road connecting Gunjur to the Outer Ring Road has also remained incomplete for many years. Its absence forces a large volume of traffic onto SH-35 and narrow roads through Panathur, Balagere, Varthur and Gunjur.
Land acquisition is undoubtedly complicated, but more than a decade of shifting deadlines suggests a lack of sustained political ownership. Several agencies are involved, yet no single authority appears accountable for completing the entire corridor.
2. Rampant real-estate development without matching infrastructure
Varthur, Gunjur, Balagere and Whitefield have acquired thousands of apartments, schools and commercial establishments. However, the roads, alternative links and public transport required to support this growth have not been completed.
Prestige is a particularly visible contributor because of the scale of its developments in the area. Prestige Lakeside Habitat alone reportedly contains 3,426 apartments and 271 villas—3,697 homes in a single development. This is in addition to newer projects such as Prestige Raintree Park, Prestige Lavender Fields, Prestige Somerville and other developments in the wider Varthur–Whitefield catchment.
Prestige is not the only developer and cannot be blamed individually for the entire problem. Brigade and numerous other builders have also developed large projects in the area. The larger failure is governmental: high-density residential projects were approved without first ensuring adequate road capacity, public transportation and multiple access routes.
3. Heavy truck traffic on an unsuitable urban corridor
Residents have been demanding restrictions on heavy trucks along SH-35 for more than a decade. Although peak-hour restrictions reportedly exist, heavy vehicles continue to use the road during school and commuter hours.
A loaded truck moving slowly can occupy most of the usable road width. When two buses or trucks meet at a narrow section—or when one truck breaks down—traffic in both directions can come to a complete standstill.
Through-freight vehicles that do not have business in Varthur or Gunjur should be diverted to the old NH-207/current NH-648 and Satellite Town Ring Road alignment through Hosur–Bagalur–Sarjapur–Hoskote, wherever the relevant sections are operational.
Construction vehicles, water tankers and locally bound delivery trucks should be allowed only during specified off-peak or night-time windows. At a minimum, the heavy-vehicle prohibition must cover the entire school movement period, not merely conventional office peak hours.
4. Broken roads and absence of basic traffic engineering
Large stretches suffer from potholes, craters, uneven road edges, dust, incomplete drainage and partially completed widening work. Although the road may technically have two lanes, damaged surfaces and excavated edges frequently reduce it to one usable lane.
The absence of continuous medians and proper lane separators makes the situation worse:
Vehicles overtake or move onto the wrong side.
Opposing traffic becomes interlocked.
Uncontrolled U-turns interrupt the main traffic flow.
School buses and trucks cannot maintain orderly lanes.
A small obstruction quickly creates a queue extending several kilometres.
Residents have reportedly been requesting road dividers, streetlights and proper traffic management for several years. These are relatively basic interventions and should not have to wait for the elevated corridor or final road widening.
5. Varthur market and the narrow village sections
The road widens in certain places but suddenly narrows through Varthur village and again at Gunjur. These sections function as permanent bottlenecks.
The Varthur market area adds roadside vendors, pedestrians, parked vehicles, loading and unloading, frequent turning movements and vehicles stopping directly on the carriageway. This may have been manageable when Varthur was a village, but it is completely incompatible with today’s volume of school buses, apartment traffic, water tankers and heavy trucks.
The market is not the sole cause, but it is a critical pinch point. Wider roads on either side feed large volumes of traffic into a narrow commercial section. Once this section blocks, the queue rapidly spreads towards Whitefield in one direction and Gunjur in the other.
6. Almost non-existent traffic (police) enforcement
The Whitefield–Varthur–Gunjur stretch has no sustained police presence, continuous patrol vehicles or adequate traffic wardens at critical bottlenecks. Violations such as wrong-side driving, illegal parking, reckless overtaking and obstruction of junctions consequently continue unchecked. With little monitoring and almost no fear of penalties, indiscipline compounds the infrastructure failures and turns an already congested road into complete chaos.
Conclusion
The problem is not simply that there are too many vehicles.
The government permitted metropolitan-scale residential and institutional development, continued allowing heavy through-traffic, and failed to replace the original village road with an adequate transport corridor.
Prestige and other large developers have substantially increased traffic demand, but the primary responsibility rests with the authorities that approved this level of development without completing SH-35 widening, the Gunjur–ORR CDP road, proper junctions, medians, drainage, traffic enforcement and adequate public transport.
Immediate relief can come from strict school-hour truck restrictions, diversion of through-freight to alternative highways, emergency road resurfacing, temporary median barriers, dedicated traffic police at choke points, and regulated parking and loading around Varthur market. None of these measures needs to wait for the long-delayed elevated corridor.
#VarthurGunjur #SH35 #BengaluruTraffic
@CMofKarnataka
@osd_cmkarnataka
@krishnabgowda
@GBA_office
@GBAChiefComm
@DgpKarnataka
@CPBlr
@Jointcptraffic
@Nimmabhaskar22
@WFRising
@RisingVarthur
@MALimbavali
@blrcitytraffic
@lkatheeq
We should file a writ petition for a Writ of Mandamus before the High Court of Karnataka under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and civic officials.
The High Court of Karnataka regularly entertains writ petitions and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) directing civic authorities to fix dilapidated roads, execute sanctioned master plans, and clear bottlenecks, affirming that the right to safe, usable roads and a dignified life falls within Article 21 (Right to Life).
Legal Grounds for Mandamus
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•Statutory Duty to Maintain Public Streets: Civic authorities under the Greater Bengaluru Authority governance framework have a mandatory, non-discretionary statutory obligation to build, repair, and maintain public roads and civic corridors. [1, 2]
•Infringement of Article 21: The Supreme Court and High Courts have established that prolonged state inaction forcing citizens (especially young school children spending 4–5 hours commuting daily) into extreme delays, severe dust pollution, and hazardous transit violates the fundamental right to life and health.
•Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation & Unreasonable Delay: If infrastructure projects or road widening (e.g., along the Whitefield–Varthur–Gunjur arterial stretch) were formally approved, sanctioned, or allocated budgets over a 10-year period and abandoned or neglected without justification, mandamus lies against the state for non-performance of duties.
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Critical Prerequisite: The Formal Legal Representation
A Writ of Mandamus generally requires a prior "Demand and Refusal":
1a group of residents/parents/RWAs) must first draft a comprehensive written representation / legal noticeaddressed to:
◦The Chief Commissioner, Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA)
◦The Commissioner / Zonal Commissioner of the relevant City Corporation (East Corporation)
◦The Traffic Police Commissionerate (Bengaluru Traffic Police)
◦The Urban Development Department (UDD), Government of Karnataka [1, 3, 4]
2 Detail the exact corridor, the duration of delay (e.g., sanctioned timelines vs. current status), the daily impact on school buses and ambulances, and request a fixed timeline for completion.
3 Serve it via registered post with acknowledgment due or institutional submission. If the authorities fail to act or respond within a reasonable window (typically 15 to 30 days), your cause of action to approach the High Court is established.
PIL vs. Individual Writ Petition
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•Public Interest Litigation (PIL): Because this affects thousands of school children, commuters, and residents of the Varthur-Whitefield belt, filing a PIL—ideally supported by a registered Resident Welfare Association (RWA) Federation or a collective of school parents—carries significant weight in the High Court.
•Reliefs to Seek in Court:
◦A time-bound direction commanding GBA to finish pending road widening, asphalting, and drainage work.
◦Formation of an inter-agency monitoring committee (GBA, BWSSB, and Bengaluru Traffic Police).
◦Interim directions for immediate pothole-filling, surface leveling, and traffic marshals during peak school-bus commute hours.
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[1] en.wikipedia.org
[2] livelaw.in
[3] linkedin.com
[4] thehindu.com
Air India’s zero tolerance policy must be before flying a plane. Not after. 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
@airindia
@TataCompanies
Air India on Friday said it had terminated the employment of the Pilot-in-Command of its Phuket-Delhi flight after he tested positive for a psychoactive substance.
“The Pilot-in-Command of the Phuket-Delhi flight tested positive for a psychoactive substance. In line with Air India's zero-tolerance approach to violations of safety, fitness or regulatory requirements, the pilot's employment has been terminated with immediate effect,” an Air India spokesperson said.
Details here 🔗toi.in/vslEea
Dive deeper into the story with the TOI App 👉 timesofindia.sng.link/Cqhd4/…
#AirIndia #AirIndiaNews #Pilot #AviationNews #Delhi #Phuket #PhuketDelhi #AirlineNews
