Mangaluru: As part of Mangaluru Dasara, ten sports persons will be felicitated and the Gokarnanatha Health Cards will be released on October 18 at Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra.
Informing this to media persons, Padmaraj - treasurer of the Kshetra - said, ten sports achievers, including Poovamma, Gururaj, Jagadish, Pradeep Acharya, Panchami will be honoured at the programme that would be held at 6 pm on that day.
Meanwhile, Gokarnanatha Health Cards will be released. Initially, the cards will benefit about 2,000 poor families and an agreement has been made with A J Hospital for treatment. This benefit would further be extended to 10,000 families, he informed.
The Mangaluru Dasara Mahotsava will be concluded with a Shobhayatre on the 19th of this month and the preparations for this are on.
The administrative committee on Tuesday held a meeting of the tablo organizers in presence of the police authorities. Open vehicles will not be allowed to participate in the procession, except generators connected to tablos. Artists will not be allowed to get down from their vehicles and perform on roads. While these rules will be strictly enforced, the organizers have agreed to obey them. Therefore, this year, the 16-hour procession has been cut short to 12 hours; he informed.
Administrative committee chairman HS Sairam, Ravishankar Mijar, Madhava Suvarna, Harikrishna Bantwal, Urmila Ramesh, DD Kattemar, Shekar Poojary, Dr. BG Suvarna, Dr. Anasuya, Leelaksha Karkera, and others were present.
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Bengaluru (PTI): A 27-year-old techie allegedly died by suicide by hanging herself in her room at her residence here, reportedly distressed over an astrologer's prediction about her marriage, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on Friday at MEI Layout in Bagalagunte, they said.
The deceased, identified as Vidyajyoti, was in a relationship with a man from another caste. Both families had agreed to the marriage as per her wishes, police said.
Citing a preliminary inquiry, a senior police officer said her parents had recently consulted an astrologer, who allegedly predicted that there could be misunderstandings between the couple two years into the marriage, possibly leading to separation.
To avert this, the astrologer reportedly advised performing a nine-day ritual, which the family undertook, he said.
However, on the ninth day of the ritual, Vidyajyoti allegedly went to her room and died by suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan when her parents were not home, he added.
The incident came to light in the evening when she did not respond despite repeated knocks on the door. Her father later broke open the door and found her hanging, police said.
Bagalagunte police have registered a UDR (Unnatural Death Report) case, and further investigation is underway.
