Mangaluru, Sept 13: In a bid to condemn the suicide of Moodbidri Alva’s PU student Vinutha, PU All College Students Association organized a candlelight protest at Town Hall on Thursday evening.

Vinutha committed suicide at the college hostel on Wednesday morning. This has shocked the student community. The police department is not taking serious action even though such incidents occur repeatedly. Due to such incidents the parents and the student community are spending days in the atmosphere of fear for the past for many years, the protesters alleged.

Lawyer Dinakar Shetty, Dalit organization leader Raghuveer Sootar pete and others were present.

 

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Chandigarh (PTI): A low-intensity explosion occurred outside a bar-cum-lounge in the Sector 26 area of Chandigarh early on Tuesday, police said.

The explosion shattered the establishment's glass windows. No casualties were reported, they said.

CCTV camera footage from the area purported to show an unidentified person throwing something towards the bar-cum-lounge and a cloud of smoke then engulfing the place.

The police said they received a call regarding a "loud sound" from the area around 3:30 am. After inspecting the spot, the police team recovered jute rope pieces.

A team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory collected the samples, the police said and added an investigation was underway.