Planning to elope and marry in a temple? Now it's impossible in Mangaluru!

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July 21, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 21: Love birds in Mangaluru city and other parts of Dakshina Kannada now cannot get marry in any temple in their district if their parents are not ready to accept their wedding!

marriageYes, the district administration of Dakshina Kannada has now made it mandatory for all temples to get the get a requisition letter from the parents of the prospective bride and groom before conducting a wedding.

The district administration took this step following complaints of girls being forced to get marry all of a sudden in temple if their parents show red signal for love affair.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Kumar revealed that recently an incident was reported at a temple where the parents of the bride claimed that the she was forced into marriage by the groom and his family.

He said that in order to prevent such incidents, the administration has made it mandatory for all temples under the endowment department to collect a requisition letter from the parents of the both bride and groom.

Besides, the parties are also expected to submit age proof certificates. This will help curbing child marriages, he added.

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Althaf
 - 
Thursday, 21 Jul 2016

Better solution is to revert to islam and get marry in the mosque or wedding hall

Sameer
 - 
Thursday, 21 Jul 2016

Very good move.. Many parkatteys took muslim girls and married in temple.. Now this is the good step from Administration.. There will be a halt for everythng.

Coral Saimon
 - 
Thursday, 21 Jul 2016

No freedom in Mangalore

Prakash
 - 
Thursday, 21 Jul 2016

very sad. If we can get permission from our family what s the need of getting married in a temple?

Harish Ramachandra
 - 
Thursday, 21 Jul 2016

very good move by the DC. this system should be implemented all over karnataka,

Shaad
 - 
Thursday, 21 Jul 2016

First send notice to infamous Arya Samaja. It helps and provide money to Hindu men who marry Muslim girl.

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January 6,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Students and teachers from various colleges in Bengaluru gathered at the Town Hall in the city to protest against the violence which broke out at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus in New Delhi on January 5.

The students raised slogans against Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Police.

Placards that read 'The more you attack, the stronger we become', 'Take off your masks terrorist', 'With JNU' were seen during the protest.

"We are here to protest against the incident that took place at JNU with our brothers and sisters. What Delhi Police did was shameful and they should have taken charge of the situation long before and not waited for three hours. We stand with JNU," Nisha, a protestor told ANI.

Professors present at the protest expressed regret over the incident and said attacks on the universities is a sick situation in the country.

"This is sick, where have we come to -- violence in the universities? I was so safe when I was studying in college; what we are giving to our students is horrible," said Sangeeta, a professor present at the protest.

Politicians, cutting across party lines, have condemned the attack on students in JNU and demanded strict action against those found guilty.

More than 18 students were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the JNU campus and attacked them and some professors with sticks and rods.

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May 15,2020

Mangaluru, May 15: Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police on Friday warned those who are opposing quarantine to either go for it or face legal action under Epidemic Diseases Act.

In a release here on Friday, Mr B M Laxmi Prasad said that schools and hostels have been identified for quarantining those who arrive from other states. Those, who return, will be quarantined in the respective Gram Panchayat/local bodies’ jurisdiction. The public should not panic over the quarantine facility.

The quarantine facility has been introduced in the interest of the general public. If anyone opposes or protests against such facility, then legal action will be initiated against them, he warned.

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May 24,2020

Udupi, May 24: As many as 23 people tested positive for coronavirus in Udupi in past 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin released by the health and family welfare department.

While 18 were tested positive till noon, five more tested postive by evening.

With this the total number of covid-19 cases in the district rose to 76 including a death. Three have recovered. There 72 active cases.

Among 23 fresh cases, many had reportedly come from Maharashtra. A 44-year-old woman had returned from UAE. A 26-year-old man returned from Telangana.

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