Month-long City Centre Carnival kicks off in Mangaluru, shoppers to win exciting prizes
12th year anniversary of City Centre Mall
Mangaluru: Month-long City Centre Carnival was inaugurated on Thursday at the mall premises to mark the 12th year anniversary celebration of Mangaluru’s City Centre Mall, the fifth largest mall of Karnataka.
Founding member of Mohtisham Complexes Pvt. Ltd. Mohtisham Abdul Bari was present at the event as a Guest and hoped the Carnival will be a huge success. Another guest actor Roopesh Shetty said that the people of Mangalore have an emotional connection with City Center Mall.
“People of Mangaluru were introduced to Mall culture by City Centre Mall. It brought several national and international brands under one building and made the lives of shoppers easier. It also encouraged the development of motion pictures and artists here.” He said.
Actor Vineeth and actress Rachana Rai also wished luck to the Carnival. Several artists, film actors, customers and representatives of organisations attended the inauguration ceremony at the mall. Several art troupes also performed at the event to mark the anniversary celebrations.
Managing Director SM Arshad, Director SM Saud and CEO Dharmaraj welcomed the guests.
Sahil Zahir compered the inauguration ceremony.
The Carnival that was inaugurated on July 14 will continue till August 15 during which the shoppers will win exciting prizes every day. Car, bikes and scooters are among the bumper prizes the shoppers will be able to win during the Carnival.
In the lucky draw that will be held on weekends, shoppers will have the opportunity to win Sofa Set from Home Centre, Holholiday vouchers from Club Mahendra and iPhones. Various art exhibitions will also be held by children and adults during the weekends, a press statement from the mall stated.
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UP: Passenger falls to death while spitting 'paan' from moving bus
Sultanpur (UP), Nov 30: A 45-year-old passenger fell to his death from an air-conditioned Uttar Pradesh roadways bus allegedly after he opened its door to spit 'pann' as the vehicle moved through the Purvanchal Expressway here on Saturday, police said.
The incident took place on the 93-km milestone of the expressway around 10.30 am when the bus was en route to Lucknow from Azamgarh.
"As the bus reached near Bihi village in the Baldirai police station area, a passenger opened the door of the moving bus to spit. He lost balance and fell onto the road, resulting in his death. He had opened the door to spit 'paan'," a police official said.
"The bus was stopped immediately, and Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) officials along with the police were informed," the official said.
Baldirai Station House Officer (SHO) Dheeraj Kumar said that UPEIDA personnel rushed the victim to the local Community Health Centre via ambulance, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
"The deceased was identified as Ram Jiavan, a resident of Chinhat area in Lucknow. His wife, Savitri, was also travelling with him on the bus," Kumar said.
He added that the bus has been taken to the police station for further investigation and the body has been sent for post-mortem.
