Dasara to be celebrated in Mangaluru as per Covid-19 guidelines
Mangaluru, Oct 6: Dakshina Kannada district administration has issued an order urging the public to strictly adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines during the celebration of Dasara Festival from October 7 to 16.
As per the order, more than 400 people cannot gather in the programmes. Social distancing should be strictly followed in the programmes connected with the celebrations.
Everyone, including the temple priests and staff of the temples, should adhere to the guidelines, the order said.
The programme organisers or the administrative authority should take measures to provide sanitizers, masks and maintain social distancing at public gatherings.
To prevent the spread of the Covid, the public should strictly follow the directions issued by the Central and State governments. The orders issued by the health department, police department, Fire and Emergency Services, district administration, and orders of local authorities should be followed.
As per the direction of the government, the festival should be celebrated in a simple manner so that Covid cases do not increase, the order said.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
