Mangaluru, Apr 25: Heavy rain lashed Mangaluru and surrounding areas on Saturday, providing the people respite from the sweltering heat, which they have been experiencing for the last few weeks.
The rain, which started around 10.30 pm on Friday, lashed heavily after 2 am. Later, there was drizzle for sometime before it stopped raining around 8 am.
People were seen walking towards the market to purchase essential commodities holding an umbrella and wearing a raincoat.
Bengaluru, Feb 22: The Hindu Mahasabha has decided to carry out a 'cleaning ceremony' by using 'gau-mutra' (cow urine) to purify Freedom Park, where pro-Pakistan slogans were shouted as a protest against the CAA, NRC and NRP.
On Thursday, an 18-year-old girl Amulya Leona hadraised slogans of 'Pakistan Zindabad,' after the organisers of the event under the banner of 'Save Constitution' invited her to address the gathering. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi soon rushed and tried to snatch away mic from her hand.
Amulya, who was arrested by the police soon after the event on charges of Sedition, was remanded to 14-day judicial custody.
Associates of Amulya insisted that she was trying to make a point that nobody in the anti-CAA rallies would hail a ‘long Live Pakistan’ slogan while they would do so for a ‘Long Live Hindustan’ chant.
“She is not dumb. She knew exactly what she was saying. She had a clear narrative in mind, but was interrupted before she could complete it. Her half-comments are now being taken out of context,” said Sujnan, another student-activist.
“In the end, the campaign is not involved with whatever she said or intended to say. It falls on her to explain herself,” said a protest organiser.
Mangaluru, May 4: As the coronavirus lockdown norms have been relaxed in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, people will be able venture out for essential activities from 7 a.m to 7 p.m.
The lockdown was imposed in the coastal district on March 22 midnight to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Initially it did not apply to essential services such as sale of food, groceries, milk, vegetables, fruits, and meat and fish. Gradually the administration had to intensify the lockdown and allow those shops to remain open between 7 a.m. and 12 noon. However, today (May 4) onwards there will be relaxation of lockdown between 7 am to 7 pm.
Precautionary measures like maintaining social distancing has been urged and use of face masks has been made mandatory.
Permitted activities
• Permission for plying of auto-rickshaws, cabs, private vehicles and bikes has been given. However only three occupants, including the driver will be allowed and no pillion rule is applicable for two-wheelers.
• OPDs, medical clinics are permitted to operate.
• Standalone shops, shops located in neighbourhood colony, residential complex will be allowed to operate.
• Private organisations can function with 33% staff capacity while allowing work from home for rest of staff.
• E-commerce activities only for essential goods permitted.
• In site construction activities in urban areas, rural areas including MNREGA works.
• Permission is only available to open the shop in the market and in the market complex.
Prohibited activities:
• Movement of individuals is not permitted for all non-essential activities.
• Travel by air, rail and inter-State movement by road.
• Functioning of schools, colleges, and other educational and training/ coaching institutions.
• Hospitality services, including hotels and restaurants.
• Cinema halls, malls, gymnasiums, sports complexes, bars, clubs, swimming pool, entertainment parks, assembly halls, etc; barber shops, spas and salons, textile and apparel(clothes) shops.
• Social, political, cultural, academic, entertainment, religious and other kinds of gatherings; and, religious places/ places of worship for public.
• Shops in urban and rural areas, for non-essential goods not allowed in malls, markets and Market Complexes.
• All types of traffic movements will be prohibited after evening (7 pm to 7 am)
Udupi, May 4: Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha said that mechanised boat fishing will be permitted in Udupi district in another two days.
He further said that the decision was taken after the district was declared as a Green Zone as no fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported from the district in the past several days.
The Deputy Commissioner told the media here that fishing will be permitted but social distancing has to be practised and only 30 boats will be permitted in a day.
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