India, Oct. 27 -- Bengaluru had witnessed an unusual calm on its streets during the ongoing festive season, prompting actor Ashish Vidyarthi to jokingly remark that the city's traffic had been "stolen." With people having left the city to celebrate festivities elsewhere, the usually chaotic roads of the IT hub resembled a throwback to the early 2000s, empty and peaceful.

Vidyarthi jokingly expressed his astonishment at the unusually smooth commute. "The traffic has been stolen. There is no traffic on the streets of Bengaluru," he said in a video shared on his Instagram account. The actor and influencer with 200 million followers highlighted his personal experience, noting that he reached the airport from Indiranagar in just 25 minutes, a...