Bantwal Municipalty’s election process begins
Bantwal: The voting process for Municipal elections began on Friday morning. Voting is being held in the 32 polling stations of 27 wards. BJP, Congress and SDPI parties are in the fray.
BJP 27, Congress 25, SDPI 12, the JDS is contesting for 5 seats. The CPI has fielded one candidate along with the support of Congress.
Assistant Commissioner Ravichandra Nayak visited some polling booths and carried out inspection in the morning.
The election officers under the leadership of Tahsildar Purandara Hegde are monitoring the polling process, while the Bantwal police have beefed up security in the leadership of ASP Rashikesh Sohna.
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Kantara mimicking case: HC extends interim relief given to actor Ranveer Singh till March 9
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Monday extended the interim relief given to Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh till March 9, in a case related to mimicking a character from the movie, 'Kantara Chapter-1', and allegedly mocking a deity.
The actor had approached the High Court seeking the quashing of the FIR against him for mimicking Rishab Shetty's role as 'Chavunda' deity in the movie.
While mimicking, Singh had called the deity a "ghost". The actor was asked to appear before the court in person on Monday.
Appearing on behalf of the actor, his counsel Sajjan Poovayya said Singh was stuck in London and was unable to reach Bengaluru due to the conflict in West Asia.
The complainant, who is a lawyer, alleged that his religious sentiments were hurt by calling the deity a ghost. On the directions of a local Court, the police registered a case against the actor.
The High Court on February 24 granted interim relief to the actor with directions to the police not to take any coercive steps against him.
