Mangaluru: In a bid to bring awareness among the students about their voting rights, the SVEEP Committee, in association with MCC employees, organized a Human Chain in front of MCC here on Friday.

Students and the Government officials including ZP CEO, MCC Commissioner gathered in front of MCC.

MCC Engineer Madhu administered the oath to the students as well as the participants. ZP CEO Dr M R Ravi released the badges “Every Vote Counts” on the occasion.

Speaking at the occasion, Dr M R Ravi said, “Today we have organized a human chain to bring awareness among the students about voting. It’s a special programme for the students as well as the MCC employees. More than 500 students participated in the programme”.

“Most of the participants of the human chain are those students who are exercising their franchise for the first time. Besides exercising their franchise, students must motivate others to do so. Through this, we can strengthen the democratic system in our country,” he added.

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New Delhi (PTI): India stands with the people of Iran at this time of tragedy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, expressing shock over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Raisi, Abdollahian and a number of other officials were found dead Monday at the site of the helicopter crash in northwestern Iran, Iranian media reported.

"Deeply shocked to hear of the passing away of Iran's President Dr Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister H. Amir-Abdollahian in the helicopter crash," Jaishankar said on X.

"Recall my many meetings with them, most recently in January 2024. Our condolences to their families. We stand with the people of Iran at time of this tragedy," he said.

The 63-year-old Raisi and his entourage were heading to the northwestern city of Tabriz after returning from a visit to a locality on the Azerbaijan-Iran border on Sunday.