Mangaluru: Prohibitory orders under section 144 of Cr.PC around schools and colleges under the jurisdiction of Mangaluru Police Commissionerate has been extended till March 12 amidst the Hijab row.

The prohibitory orders were clamped around 200 meters of all schools and colleges in Mangaluru Police jurisdiction on February 28 after several incidents of the saffron shawl and Hijab wearing students’ face-off. The orders were implemented for a week till March 5 which have now been extended till March 12.

The orders were issued by Mangaluru Police Commissioner Shashi Kumar.

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Pune (PTI): NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, admitted to a hospital here with dehydration, was discharged on Wednesday morning, with doctors saying he is doing fine.

The 85-year-old Rajya Sabha member was admitted to the Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune on Sunday following complaints of dehydration.

"He is doing well. He has been given discharge, and he has already left for Mumbai. He has been advised to take rest for the next couple of days before resuming his normal routine," said Dr Purvez Grant, the chief cardiologist, chairman and managing trustee of the private hospital.

Earlier, the former Union minister was admitted to the same hospital on February 9 following a chest infection and was discharged on February 14.