Udupi: A major fire accident occurred at the Solid and Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) unit of the Varamballi Panchayat in Brahmavar taluk in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, gutting the unit.

The fire broke out at the unit a couple of hours after midnight on Friday with a vehicle used by the unit for waste disposal exploding due to the fire at around 3 am on Saturday.

Fire and Emergency Services squads were called in from Malpe, Udupi and Kundapur. The personnel succeeded in dousing the flames with the help of the locals.

The entire waste disposal unit, however, is learned to be gutted, with the machines and other equipment being destroyed by the flames.

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Bengaluru: Organisers of the ‘Karnataka Muslim Convention’ have clarified that the programme will be held as scheduled on Saturday, May 16, at 10.30 am at Town Hall in Bengaluru, and urged the public not to pay attention to rumours regarding any change in the event.

In a joint statement, convention coordinators Suhail Ahmed Maroor, Tanveer Ahmed and Yahya Damudi said there is no change whatsoever in the programme and that all preparations are in the final stage.

The convention is being organised by the Karnataka Rajya Muslim Sanghatanegala Okkoota.

According to the organisers, more than 45 Muslim organisations, associations and jamaats from different parts of Karnataka have extended support to the event and have assured active participation.

The organisers said the state government has withdrawn the restriction on hijab, but noted that nine other major demands of the Muslim community are still pending.

They said the convention is being held to urge the government to fulfil these constitutional demands without further delay.