Cultural procession of Karavali Utsav officially inaugurated
Mangaluru, Dec 21: Mayor Bhaskar K Moily officially inaugurated the cultural procession of Karavali Utsav of the district at Nehru Stadium here on Friday.
Speaking on the occasion, the mayor said that the city corporation has initiated the cultural procession in order to protect the coastal district culture and traditional buildings and adopt novelty.
Deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, City police commissioner TR Suresh, ZP CEO Dr ADC Kumar, City corporation Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer, Selvamani and procession Committee president S Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, Information officer Khader Shaw, Harikrishna Punaroor and others were present.
The procession which started from the Nehru Stadium passed through AB Shetty circle, Clock tower, UP Mallya road, Hampankatta circle, Karnad Sadashiva Rao road, Bishop House, Manjeshwar Govinda Pai circle, PVS junction, MG Road, Ballalbagh, Lalbagh and will converge at Nehru Stadium.
More than 80 various art troupes from Chikmagaluru, Shivamogga, Sagar, Haveri, Dharwad, Magadi, Tumkur, Ramanagar, Mysore, Karwar, Raichur, Chakravarthy, Belagavi, Hassan, Badiyadka, Kasaragod, Madikeri, and other places participated in the procession.
Teams from various education institutions, religious centres, NCC, Scouts, Bharat Sevadal, banks and post offices participated. More than 5,000 students participated in it.
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Fake currency notes with face value of Rs 2.99 lakh seized in Kolkata, one held
Kolkata (PTI): A 68-year-old man was arrested from Kolkata on Thursday morning after fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 2.99 lakh were seized from his possession, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police apprehended the person from the Dharmatala bus stand area in the central part of the city, he said.
“Six bundles of FICN of Rs 500 denomination were seized from his possession. The person seems to be a member of a racket involved in fake currency note supply. A case has been filed against him and he will be produced in a local court later today,” he said.
The accused is a resident of Malda district, the officer said, adding that a probe into the matter is underway.
