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Mangalore Buddhists hold candle light vigil to mourn Japan quake victims

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March 15, 2011

Mangalore, March 15: The members of Dakshina Kannada District Boudha Maha Sabha got together to observe a candle light vigil in front of Town Hall here on Tuesday night to mourn the deaths caused in Japan by a massive earthquakes and tsunami.

With the candles in hands over 50 Buddhist mourners including children, men and women offered 10 minutes of prayer “Namo Thassa Bhagavatho Arahatho Samma Sambuddhasa...”

Addressing the gathering, SR Laxman, President of Maha Sabha said, “In this hour of catastrophe, the only thing we can do is to express our condolences”

MP Umeshchandra, Shashidhar Jokatte, Vice President, Kanthappa Alangar, General Secretary, Devappa Bodh, Joint Secretary, MV Padmanabha, Harish Ekkar, Narayan Bodh, Bhasker Kavathar and others were present.


Japan's north-eastern coast was battered on Friday by an 8.9 magnitude quake, the largest on record in Japan, and an ensuing tsunami that washed over hundreds of kilometres of coastline, causing widespread destruction claiming more than 10000 lives and rendered over 2.15 lakh homeless.


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May 21,2020

Shivamogga, May 21: A quarantine facility at Bapuji Nagar in Shivamogga on Wednesday evening was vandalised, by a group of people. leading to chaos.

The police had to resort to baton-charge to control the situation.

Locals were opposing the facility, which is being used to isolate travellers from different states in the view of coronavirus.

Deputy Commissioner KB Sivakumar said that the police department will investigate and book a case against the protesters.

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March 29,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 29: Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited in a statement announced that their milk collection centres across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts will be closed on March 29 and 30.

Due to a shortage of storage space with them, the Union has decided to stop collecting milk on these two days, according to the statement issued here on Saturday.

The sale/retail of milk and milk products won’t be affected in these two days.

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March 26,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 25 : Taking into account surge of COVID-19  cases in neighbouring districts, Dakshina Kannada district administration has decided to suspend retail sales at Central Market in Mangaluru and public will not be allowed to purchase at Central Market from Thursday.

Proper arrangements have been made for the public to buy from nearby grocery shops from 6 am till 12 noon. 
However strict social distancing has to be ensured by the vendors failing which action will be taken, warned Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh. The public are advised to follow social distancing measures.

 

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