Heavy rain: Schools, Colleges to remain closed for Saturday in Udupi and Uttara Kannada Districts
Udupi/Karwar: Udupi Deputy Commissioner, G Jagadeesh on Friday evening declared holidays to all colleges and schools in the District for Saturday October 26 owing to heavy rain that is expected to continue on Friday due to which the three coastal Districts of Karnataka have been put on red-alert by the authorities.
Earlier on Friday Jagadeesh had declared holidays to all colleges and schools in the District for Friday. With the latest order Saturday is set to be the second consecutive day in the District when all educational institutions have been asked to declare holiday.
Similarly, Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Harish Kumar also declared holidays all schools, colleges and anganwadis across five Coastal Taluks of the District (Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Honnavar and Bhatkal) on Saturday.
DDPI of Uttara Kannada has also issued notices to all the BEOs of the District to postpone the exams that were scheduled for Saturday.
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BJP will form govt in Bengal with thumping majority: Nabin
Mirzapur (UP) (PTI): BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday voiced confidence that his party will form the government in West Bengal with a "thumping majority".
Polling is underway for 142 constituencies in the second and final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, covering key districts, including Kolkata, Howrah and North and South 24 Parganas.
The high-stakes contest is being seen as decisive for the ruling TMC's bid for a fourth consecutive term and the BJP's push to form its first government in the state. The first phase held on April 23 recorded a high voter turnout of over 93 per cent, reflecting intense electoral engagement.
Speaking to reporters in Mirzapur, Nabin said, "The BJP will form the government in Bengal. We are winning the elections with a massive majority."
Earlier in the day, the BJP chief visited the Vindhyavasini temple and offered prayers. The rituals were conducted by his priest Acharya Agastya Kumar Dwivedi.
On his first visit to the district after assuming office, Nabin was welcomed by party workers at several places. At the temple, he was received by city MLA Ratnakar Mishra and District Magistrate Pawan Kumar Gangwar, who felicitated him with a traditional 'angvastram'.
After offering prayers for about 10 minutes amid Vedic chants, Nabin held a meeting at a hotel with local MLAs, including Mishra, Majhwan MLA Suchismita Maurya and Madihan MLA Ramashankar Patel.
Patel said Nabin emphasised strengthening the organisation and asked public representatives to focus on serving people in their respective constituencies.
Several party leaders, including district president Lal Bahadur Saroj, district vice-president Gaurav Umar, municipal chairperson Shyam Sundar Kesari, women workers and senior officials, were present on the occasion.
Elaborate security arrangements were put in place by the district administration for the visit, with multiple officers of circle officer rank deployed, officials said.
