Bantwal: A couple whose wedding ceremony was scheduled to be on Thursday decided to reach polling station and vote before heading to their wedding.
The couple has been identified as Bride Pratigya, D/O Ashok and Pushpalata and bridegroom Sumith Poojary.
The couple first reached Government school at Subhas Nagar of Bantwal Taluk where Pratigya franchised her vote and later headed to Polali Government school where Sumith franchised his vote before heading to their wedding ceremony.
Speaking to the media, the couple added that voting is a democratic right and every citizen should understand the importance of their cote.
Their wedding was scheduled to take place at Polali temple of Bantwal Taluk on Thursday.

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Guwahati (PTI): The police have initiated an inquiry after a “hidden camera” was found in a bathroom of the girls’ hostel on the Guwahati campus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), an officer said on Friday.
The TISS authorities had intimated the police and filed a complaint in connection with the incident, he said.
“Based on the complaint, an investigation has been initiated,” the police officer said.
The TISS Guwahati, in a statement, had said that the recent incident was a “serious privacy violation, and is entirely unacceptable and condemnable”.
It said internal security protocols were being reviewed to ensure non-recurrence of any such incident in the future.
Support services are in place for the affected students, and the TISS is fully cooperating with the police in the case, the statement said.
