'Complete the national highway, save people's lives': Congress launches padayatre
Uppinangady, Jan 14: Demanding the completion of Benglauru-Mangaluru national highway works, which has been stopped at BC Road, D.K district Congress launched a padayatra under the theme 'complete the national highway, save people's lives' at Nellyadi.
District in-charge Minister UT Khader today kicked off the protest march at Nellyadi which will reach BC Road after three days.
Speaking at the occasion, the minister said, the central government, which has failed to achieve the development, is engaged in hiding its scandals. It should form a Joint Parliamentary Committee if it intends to conduct a genuine investigation of the Rafale scandal, Khader challenged.
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Deepavali inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list
New Delhi (PTI:) India's Deepavali -- the festival of light -- was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The decision was taken during a key meeting of UNESCO being hosted at the Red Fort in Delhi.
This is the first time that India is hosting a session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
The 20th session of the panel is underway from December 8 to 13 at the Red Fort.
Chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' rent the air as UNESCO announced that the Deepavali festival has been added to the coveted list.
India currently has 15 elements inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and these include the Kumbh Mela, Durga Puja of Kolkata, Garba dance of Gujarat, yoga, the tradition of Vedic chanting and Ramlila - the traditional performance of the epic 'Ramayana'.
