Cycling Clubs of Mangaluru create voting awareness
Mangaluru: In a bid to create voting awareness among the general public, nearly 150 cyclists, majority of them belonging to Mangalore Cycling Club (MACC) and Mangalore Bicycle Club (MBC), on Sunday took out a bicycle rally in the city.
Flagging off a bicycle rally, District SVEEP Committee head and Zilla Panchayat CEO M.R. Ravi said that the rally will be passed through core Mangaluru region, where the voting percentage had been 65 in the last Assembly elections.
People need to be sensitised to come out of their houses and cast their votes, Mr. Ravi said.
SVEEP ambassador and actor Naveen D. Padil said that people need to be aware of their rights and campaigns like the bicycle rally would help in the matter.
Club members, general public and a few school students then pedalled their way through the central parts of the city.
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Woman falls to death from ranger swing ride at Vijayapura exhibition ground
Vijayapura (Karnataka), Oct 23: A 21-year-old woman died of head injuries after falling off a ranger swing ride at an exhibition ground here, police said on Wednesday.
They said it happened around 7 pm on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nikitha Biradar.
Biradar had gone to the exhibition ground with her mother and some friends.
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According to police, the victim fell off the ride from a height after her safety bar broke and the safety belt she was wearing ripped.
She sustained severe head injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital, a senior police official said.
He said a case has been registered against the event manager and the ride operator under section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
