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Mangalore gears up for grand finale of Dasara festival

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October 6, 2011

Mangalore, October, 6: The coastal city is well prepared to host the grand Shobha Yathra, the last leg of the nine-day Mangalore Dasara festivities, on Thursday evening.

Thousands of devotees, enthusiasts and tourists from across the country and abroad are expected to take part in the procession, which will commence at Shri Kshetra Gokarnanatheshwara, later in the evening.

Lavishly decorated temple surroundings and streets are adding to the festive mood.

The idols of goddess Sharada, Nava-Durga and lord Ganesh will be taken on 7 km Shobha Yatra in decked up chariots in the presence of montages, traditional dances and musical instruments.

The Shobha Yathra will pass through Kudroli Ullal Nursing Home-Durgamahal-Mannagudde-Ladyhill-Lalbhag-PVS, Navabharath Circle-K S Rao Road-Hampankatte-K B Circle-Mohini Vilas-Carstreet-Balaji Newchitra-Alake and reach back to Kudroli temple and all the idols will be immersed in the temple pond.

For the first time, the entire 7 km procession route has been decked up with colourful lights.

The police department is taking all precautionary measures for the smooth conduct of procession. Security has been beefed up across the city, with the deployment of additional police, especially in sensitive areas.

In the wake of Shobha Yathra, traffic in the city limits will be diverted after 4 pm. The movement of heavy vehicles from Ladyhill to Kudroli and New Chithra Talkies to Kudroli has been banned. The city buses should strand on the road behind the temple.

All the vehicles which move out of the city via Lalbagh should take deviation to left towards Hampankatta and proceed towards Ambedkar Circle-Bunts Hostel and move via Mallikatta-Nanthur. Except KSRTC, no other vehicles should strand on Circuit House or Kuntikana route. Provision buses should strand via Horticulture office-Ambedkar Circle route.

The parking facilities of vehicles has been done either side of the main road where the procession passes through is also banned. Vehicles must be parked at Urwa Market, Gandhinagara by lanes in 45 degree angle.

Similarly, traffic from in the way of Mangaladevi Rathotsava will be changed from 7pm onwards.

Once the Shobha Yathra begins then the movement of all the vehicles from Cassia, Monkey stand, and Mulihithlu side will be banned. All the vehicles plying via Cassia should move towards Jeppu Market- Mulihithlu.

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January 27,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 27: No power can now stop Kashmiri Pandits from going back to Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, forcefully defending the NDA government’s decision to reorganise Jammu and Kashmir and abrogating its special status under Article 370.

Addressing a massive pro-CAA, NRC rally organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party at Gold Finch city, Kuloor, on the outskirts of the city, the Defence minister also sent a strong message to Pakistan and said India will not let anyone live in peace if it is harmed.

"We will not touch anyone, but if someone bothers us, then we are not going to let them live in peace," he said.

Referring to the exodus of a large number of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the late 1990s at the height of militancy, Singh said no power now can stop them from returning to their homes.

On the Citizenship Amendment Act, the minister said it is not a law to hurt the sentiments of any religion but to give relief to victims of religious persecution.

Mahatma Gandhi had told Nehru to give citizenship to minorities like Hindus and Sikhs if they come to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled that vision by bringing in the law, Singh said.

On several non-BJP states refusing to implement the CAA, the defence minister said it it is a central law and everyone should follow it.

Accusing the Congress of misleading people on the issue, he said the party should not forget its duty towards the nation just because it is in opposition.

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News Network
August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Muzrai Department of Karnataka on Tuesday issued a circular requesting all temples in the state to perform special puja on Wednesday following the 'bhoomi pujan' for Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

The circular was issued on the directions of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, Commissioner's Office, Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department Karnataka said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5.

The construction of Ram temple will begin in Ayodhya after the foundation ceremony in which various dignitaries from political and religious fields are scheduled to participate.

The apex court, on November 9 last year, had directed the Central government to hand over the site at Ayodhya for the construction of a Ram temple.

The formation of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust was announced on February 5 for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. The Trust has been mandated by the Central government to oversee the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.

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May 23,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: Police commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Friday said the next two Sundays will be ‘full curfew days’ and the city will be under complete lockdown between 7pm Saturday and 7am Monday.

Addressing the media, the top cop said all essential services will be excluded from the curfew. “People attending weddings and other ceremonies can travel. Those wanting to buy food products or medicines too can step out. However, like in lockdown 1.0, people found loitering unnecessarily will be punished,” he said.

According to Rao, city roads will be barricaded like how it was done during lockdown 1.0 and 2.0.

A senior police officer told TOI that during this period, vehicles could be seized under the Disaster Management Act-2005. “So, we request the public not to come out unnecessarily. If we find people roaming in vehicles, we shall seize the rides and owners will have to approach the court later to get them released,” he said.

The government has extended the lockdown till May 31, which includes two Sundays.
Earlier in the day, the state government allowed inter-state travel from Karnataka with the consent of the receiving state. Praveen Sood, Karnataka DG and IGP, said, “Inter-state pass is not required to go out of Karnataka as long as you have the consent of the receiving state. Due to the lockdown, migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons are stranded at different places. They would be allowed to move as usual.”

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