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Bengaluru: 12,000 of 2.08 lakh Ganesh idols immersed on Day 1 are of PoP

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August 27, 2017

 Bengaluru, Aug 27: As the festivities for Ganesh Chaturti began on Friday in the city, as many as 2.08 lakh idols were immersed in various tanks in the city.

Though the Plaster of Paris (PoP) variety dominated the bigger idols that were taken out in processions, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials said it was heartening to note that only around 12,000 idols immersed were PoP idols.

This year saw people innovate with eco-friendly Ganesh idols, some of them even planting seeds inside the idols to make them grow into plants after they are immersed.

“Though it is too early to tell as only the first day figures have come to us, the fact that only 12,000 of 2.08 lakh idols immersed were of PoP indicates a change in practice. We will get the whole picture at the end of the festival,” a BBMP official said.

As per BBMP estimates, the highest number of PoP idol immersions happened in the South Zone in the Yediyur Lake (8,000), which also saw the highest number of idol imemrsions. The East Zone had the second highest number of PoP idols immersed (2,600).

BBMP said over 300 tonnes of garbage was also added to Bengaluru’s overall waste generated from all the zones on the first day. The city already generates approximately 4,200 tonnes of waste every day. From leftover banana stems in the prime market areas to flowers that were no longer fresh enough to be bought dotted several street-sides.

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HOnest
 - 
Tuesday, 29 Aug 2017

People have been Fooled since generations to believe in man made Gods and objects which are lifeless and empty stones. When VEDAS says NA TASYA PRATIMA ASTI (There is no image of God) & mentions of ONE GOD. Why do people not Verify what Vedas saying is Correct or not? People should wake up and learn about TRUE GOD rather than depending on the False Gods.Wake up Guys If U are Honest U wil find the TRUE GOD.

 

PK
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Sunday, 27 Aug 2017

NA TASYA Pratima Asti (There is no image of God)Then What you are following is not GOD please learn your own scriptures to open up and learn more on what U worship is just stones which is life less and not god.

 

Ibrahim
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Sunday, 27 Aug 2017

Rubbish.. Islam is the only one religion in this world. That is ultimate truth. stop following lakhs of Gods.

Unknown
 - 
Sunday, 27 Aug 2017

Ban all these things.. Follow Islam

Danish
 - 
Sunday, 27 Aug 2017

Better to immerse in water tank dedicated to this purpose. I saw like that video as salman khan's brother doing

Suresh
 - 
Sunday, 27 Aug 2017

Why people not inveting eco friendly one

Kumar
 - 
Sunday, 27 Aug 2017

In the name of God, they are polluting heavily

Ganesh
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Sunday, 27 Aug 2017

If people considering immersion is important then should make eco friendly idols..

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June 10,2020

Udupi, June 10: Philanthropist and businessman Haji P K Abuswalih Kannangar passed away today at a private hospital in Mangaluru. He was 85. 

He was a resident of Pombathota house at Kannangar in Kaup taluk of Udupi district.

He was the proprietor of Green Store in Mudigere for past five decades and also was a coffee planter. 

He had served as the president of Muhayaddin Juma Masjid at Mudigere Hand-post in the past. He was also former president of Mudigere Taluk unit of Indian National Congress.

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February 13,2020

Dubai, Feb 13: An Indian expatriate found to be infected with coronavirus in the UAE on February 10 is in a stable condition, the Indian Embassy told Gulf News.

“The Indian is a 36-year-old male,” an embassy official said, adding “he a resident of the UAE”.

However, the official did not say if the man had any travel history to China and also refused to divulge which state he hailed from.

On February 10, the Ministry of Health said the Indian national was found infected with coronavirus in the latest such case in the UAE. “The Indian national had interacted with a recently diagnosed person,” the ministry had said in a statement.

"All reported cases are in stable condition, except for one case, who is being put under close observation by a team of senior consultants at the Intensive Care Unit," added the statement.

The man is among the eight cases of coronavirus detected in the UAE so far. Others include six Chinese nationals and one from Philippines.

Earlier this week, the UAE announced that one of the infected patients, a 73-year-old Chinese national, Liu Yujia, had recovered.

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January 15,2020

Hubballi, Jan 15: Leaders of the Muslim community, Dalit organisations, Congress Party, and others are staging a hunger strike at Dr B R Ambedkar Circle in Hubballi, opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, they demanded the withdrawal of the CAA and not to implement NRC.

"India is witnessing such a dictatorship for the first time. The BJP government is trying to divide people into the lines of religion, through CAA and NRC. This move is a threat for peace and harmony in the country," said AICC member Shakir Sanadi, who led the protest.

Sayed Tajuddin Quadri, Moulana Niyaz Alam, Moulana Nayimuddin and others took part in the hunger strike.

Former minister A M Hindasgeri, former MP I G Sanadi, F H Jakkappanavar, Pitambrappa Bilar, and others also extended support to the protest.

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