Mangaluru: Broom-protest seeking action against MRPL
Mangaluru: Demanding action against the MRPL's Coke Sulfur unit which has caused many problems by creating chemical pollution, members of DYFI carried marched with brooms from Mini Vidhan Soudha to DC office and staged a dharna there on Thursday morning.
Addressing the protesters, Nagarika Horata Samithi's leader Muneer Katipalla Joekatte charged that the MRPL has frauded people by not implementing the six-point settlement order issued by the government. The district administration is going hand in hand with MRPL and playing with the lives of the people.
DYFI District President BK Imtiaz, Joekatte Gram Panchayat member Abubakar, Hemavathi and others were present.
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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'.
