Victory parade marks grand finale of Mysuru Dasara

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October 19, 2018

Mysuru, Oct 19: The much-awaited victory parade took off on Friday, the final day of 10-day Dasara in Karnataka's cultural capital Mysuru amid pomp and grandeur and lakhs of visitors from across the country.

The victory parade involves a grand procession of caparisoned elephants, horse-drawn carriages, tableaux and thousands of artistes from the Amba Vilas Palace, popularly known as Mysuru Palace, till the Bannimantap Grounds through the city's lanes.

The spectacular procession was flagged off Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who invoked the Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari, showered flowers on her idol replica in the 750-kg golden palanquin astride caparisoned elephant Arjuna at the gates of the Palace.

The organised parade of caparisoned elephants was the cynosure of all eyes of the thousands gathered along the streets on Vijayadashami day, the finale of the 10-day festival which began on October 10.

Following the jumbos were tableaux representing the culture from various communities of the state's districts and hundreds of artistes, including folk dancers and cultural troupes who marched from the palace till the Bannimantap Grounds through the city.

The tableaux featured prominent religious places, welfare schemes undertaken by the government including the announcement of crop loan waiver for farmers and traditional practices of communities.

Owing to the death of the Palace's titular queen Pramoda Devi Wadiyar's mother Putta Chinnammani earlier in the day, the royal family's adopted scion, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, who was to be the chief guest at the parade from the Palace gates, stayed away from the event.

Following the procession, a torch light parade at the grounds at 7 pm. after Governor Vajubhai Vala receives the guard of honour will bring down the curtains on the celebrations.

Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara and other officials will also be a part of the final event.

Dussehra continues to be celebrated in Mysuru since 1610, the time of Vijayanagara Empire, to mark the triumph of good over evil.

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May 10,2024

Mangaluru: A teenage boy from a remote village in Dakshina Kannada district, who was undergoing treatment for stomach pain for past few days, breathed his last after hospitalization. 

The deceased has been identified as Nithin Kumar, 19, who had completed PUC and was attending computer classes. 

According to police, on May 4, when he informed his family that he had been suffering from a stomach-ache for the past 4-5 days, his family members took him to a clinic in Kaniyoor.

The doctors who examined him advised him to undergo scanning. He was informed about a kidney stone and later, they returned home. That same night, he suffered from stomach-ache again and was rushed to a private hospital in Puttur.

On May 7, as per doctors’ advice, he was discharged around 12:45pm. However, when he came home around 2:30pm, he again suffered from stomach-ache and was taken to another private hospital in Puttur, where doctors conducted a surgery.

On Wednesday, as per doctors’ advice, he was asked to be shifted to Mangaluru for better treatment.

He visited a private hospital in Derakatte, where doctors suggested that he be shifted to government Wenlock Hospital.

The doctors who examined him at the Wenlock Hospital declared him dead. A case has been registered at the Bellare police station, and an investigation is on.

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May 10,2024

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Mangaluru, June 10: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another prime accused in 2022 BJP Yuva Morcha worker Praveen Nettaru murder case. 

32-year-old Jilla BJP Yuva Morcha committee member Nettaru was hacked to death in front of his broiler shop in Bellare of Dakshina Kannada by bike-borne miscreants in July 2022. The case is being investigated by the NIA and several arrests have been made so far.

Mustafa Paichar, accused number four in the case, was absconding after the murder and the NIA had declared a Rs 5 lakh reward to catch him. 

He was arrested at Sakleshpur in Hassan district by the NIA team led by Inspector Shanmugam. 

According to officials Mustafa was reportedly a member of now banned Popular Front of India and a resident of Shantinagar in Sullia in Dakshina Kannada.

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May 8,2024

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru North police have apprehended a minor in connection with alleged voyeurism incident reported in a private medical college in Mangaluru. 

DCP (Law and order) Sidharth Goyal said that the minor was produced before JJ Board as per due procedure. The incident came to light when a mobile phone was found in women's washroom in the college. 

The mobile-phone was discovered as it was ringing even when no one was in the toilet by the security guard of the college. 

Investigations revealed that the mobile phone had been strategically placed in the restroom. As a result, a case has been registered under north police station.

Further scrutiny into the matter uncovered the identity of the accused, a minor male aged 17, who had gained access to the college premises under the guise of being a patient. Following his apprehension, the accused was presented before the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Board in adherence to legal protocols.

The phone has been seized and a case has been booked under IPC section 354 (C), said the DCP.

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