Datta Jayanti violence: Dozens arrested; vehicles, petrol bombs seized

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December 5, 2017

Chikkamagaluru, Dec 5: Dozens of people have been arrested by the Chikkamagaluru district police in connection with violence during Datta Jayanti celebrations at Bababudangiri, said Superintendent of Police K Annamalai.

Briefing media persons on Monday, he said that 34 persons had been arrested and two vehicles had been seized following an incident reported at Inam Dattatreya Peeta Bababudangiri Swamy Dargah on Sunday.

He said following a complaint from Mechanic Annappa that a few members of a particular community had pelted stones while he was walking on KM Road, the police had arrested 19 persons, of whom four were minors.

In connection with an assault reported at Uppalli, the police have arrested three persons.

Following a complaint registered by auto driver Wajid that a few members of another community had assaulted him while he was returning home from Dattapeeta, the police have arrested 15 persons and seized a few vehicles.

The police have filed a suo motu case for trying to ransack the name board of tombs on the Dattapeeta premises.

The SP said that a few youths, on December 3, hurled stones at police when they were on duty. During search operations, the police unearthed petrol bombs. The police have taken 15 persons into custody in this regard.

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Kerala CM’s daughter Veena marries Mohamed Riyas

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June 15,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 15: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan''s daughter Veena married top DYFI All India president Mohammed Riaz at the chief minister''s official residence in the presence of selected guests.

Riaz and Veena became husband and wife at a solemn function held under Covid protocols with not more than 50 people present.

This was the second marriage for both, as their first ones ended in divorce.

Riaz has two children, while Veena has a son from their respective previous marriages.

Riaz is a lawyer by profession and had contested the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in 2009 but lost to the Congress'' M.K.Raghavan.

Veena runs her own software company in Bengaluru.

While the marriage has already been registered recently, the wedding event was a closed door affair, with just very close relatives of the couple besides a few senior party colleagues of Vijayan.

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Tricolour unfurled at 10,000 mosques across Kerala on R-Day

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January 26,2020

Kozhikode, Jan 26: The Indian national flag was unfurled at around 10,000 mosques and religious institutions across Kerala on the auspicious occasion of 71st Republic Day on Sunday.

"The national flag was unfurled at around 10,000 mosques across the state on this auspicious occasion as per the instruction of the Waqf Board," Secretary of the Kuttiady Juma Masjid Committee, K Basheer, told media here.

He said that the national flag was also unfurled at the Kuttiady Juma Masjid here as per the instructions.

"Constitution is under threat by the Citizenship Amendment Act, we also read the preamble of the Constitution in solidarity," Basheer said.

Meanwhile, a majestic event was held in the national capital on the occasion of Republic Day.

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Welcome news. But i dont think any of sanghi shakhas have hoisted our national flag on this occasion. I didnt see a single picture in any media or newspaper.

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Union Health Ministry identifies 8 Karnataka districts including DK as COVID-19 hotspots

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday has identified eight districts from Karnataka as COVID-19 hotspots.

Districts that have reported a higher number of cases are classified as hotspots, the districts where cases have been reported as non-hotspots, and green zones where no cases have been reported.

Bangalore Urban, Mysuru, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Bidar, Kalaburgi, Bagalokote and Dharwad have been identified as Covid-19 hotspots by Union Health Ministry, tweeted the state health department on Wednesday.

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