Mangaluru: Vigil at Karnataka-Kerala border to check cash flow
Mangaluru (PTI): The Dakshina Kannada district administration has stepped up vigil at the border points with Kerala to prevent flow of money and freebies to Karnataka ahead of the assembly elections in May.
Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner M R Ravi Kumar said 10 check posts have been set up at the inter-state border points with Kerala. In all, 27 check points have been set up in DK including inter-district and local check posts.
He said all measures are being taken to ensure the effective implementation of model code of conduct with the help of police and other departments.
The Election Commission has appointed Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat CEO Kumar as the district nodal officer to ensure code of conduct. Nodal officers have also been posted for each of the eight assembly constituencies in the district.
The deputy commissioner directed the owners of malls, halls, auditoriums and theatres not to allow conduct of programmes of political parties without prior permission from the district election office.
Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar R Jain also warned that strict legal action will be taken in cases of violations of the model code of conduct.
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Tirupati laddu row: Samples of Ayodhya Ram temple 'prasad' sent for testing
Ayodhya, Sep 27: The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department on Friday collected samples of 'elaichi daana' or cardamom seeds being distributed as 'prasad' at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple here and sent them for testing, officials said.
The action was taken following a complaint lodged through the Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS), Assistant Food Commissioner Manik Chand Singh said.
Singh said the samples were procured from Haiderganj, where the cardamom seed offerings are prepared and sent to the Jhansi State Laboratory for comprehensive testing and evaluation.
Prakash Gupta, the officer in charge of the Ram Temple trust, revealed that on average, around 80,000 packets of cardamom seeds are distributed daily as a sacred offering.
Amid a row over the alleged presence of animal fat in laddus at the Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh, the chief priest of the Ram temple here on Thursday questioned the purity of ghee being sold nationwide and said 'prasad' should be prepared under the supervision of temple priests only.
