Bakrid festival on Aug 22: Changes in traffic movement in city
Mangaluru, August 21: As the Bakrid prayer would be conducted at Bavutagudde Idgah Maidan here on August 22, the Police Commissioner and the District Additional Magistrate has issued an order diverting the traffic movement in the city from 6.30 am to 10 am.
During this period, the vehicles moving towards Dr Ambedkar Circle from Bavutagudde, should take KSR Road to reach their destination. But the Commissioner has banned the movement of vehicles between City Centre and Bavutagudde, and City Centre Parking lot and Bavutagudde. Vehicle parking is allowed on the left side of the road from Bavutagudde city central library to Vijaya Bank.
Security is beefed up around the Idgah Maidan and traffic movement was diverted temporarily as part of the law and order situation during the prayer. These restrictions would not apply to the vehicles of VIPs, police and emergency services, a press statement from the Commissioner said.
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Time will reveal if leadership change in Karnataka is imminent: Shivakumar
Hubballi (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said time will tell if the state will see a new CM after the by-elections to two assembly seats.
Bypolls for the Bagalkot and Davanagere South Assembly constituencies will be held on April 9. The polls were necessitated following the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa, respectively.
"Why are you worried about it? There is no need to make it an issue... I have already said that time will answer it," Shivakumar told reporters in response to a question about whether he would become the CM and if there would be a leadership change after the bypolls.
Responding to statements by some leaders, including Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan, that incumbent Siddaramaiah will be CM till 2028, he said, "I'm not ready to comment on statements made by others. I'm the party president... either the CM or I will have to speak on this matter. Other than what the two of us say, the rest is immaterial."
Asked about the secret behind his patience, Shivakumar replied, "Time will answer."
Recently, Siddaramaiah had said that the Congress government will remain in power for two more years and that he is the Chief Minister of the state.
The leadership tussle within the ruling party has intensified amid speculation about a possible change of chief minister after the Congress government completed the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20, 2025.
The speculation has been fuelled by the reported "power-sharing" arrangement between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar at the time of government formation in 2023.
