The police arrested the Bajrang Dal workers for obstructing the Tippu Jayanthi programme, here on Saturday.

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Tipu Jayanthi was celebrated at the deputy commissioner's office here on Saturday. Deputy commissioner Priyanka Mary, SP Lakshman Nimbargi, ADC Vidya Kumari attended the programme.

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A man was stoned death by unidentified persons following a drunken brawl in Pakur district, police said Saturday. The incident took place at Gutipara village under the jurisdiction of Littipara police station, the police said.

Greeting the people on the occasion of Tipu Jayanthi, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that the state government is celebrating the Tippu Jayanthi across the state today. The administrative reforms and experiments of Tipu Sultan were emulating, he said.

The politics behind ‘jayanthi’ or birth anniversary celebrations have always been deducing in effect of the significant persons who we wanted to remember on their birthdays for their contribution to the society. Except for Gandhi Jayanthi, all other Jayanthis have been categorized as those of people who serve as a symbol of a community. Ambedkar Jayanthi is for Dalits, Kanaka Jayanthi is for Kurubas, Narayana Guru Jayanthi is for Billavas, Shankara Jayanthi is for Brahmins, Valmiki Jayanti is for Bedas, so on and so forth.

 Police arrested the workers of Bajrang Dal, VHP and Sri Rama Sene workers for trying to lay siege Tippu Jayanti programme at the zilla panchayat office here on Saturday.