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Rumours spark North-East student exodus
Express News Service | CNN-IBN |Aug 16, 2012 at 10:23am IST
Rumours and calls from worried families back home prompted the return of hundreds of students from the Northeast to their hometowns. It also had Prime Minister Manmohan Singh call up Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to enquire about the situation here.
The Bangalore Division of South Western Railway (SWR) operated two special trains to Guwahati from Bangalore on Wednesday night. Divisional Railway Manager Agarwal told Express that while the first special train left Bangalore at 11 pm, the second train left at 11:30 pm.
“I have called a meeting of all N-E associations on Thursday to explain to them about safety measures taken by the government,” Shettar said. As many as 6,000 tickets were sold across the counters on Wednesday alone. This forced the Railways to operate two special trains to Guwahati.
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