Marathon to create awareness on drug addiction at Manipal
More than 3,000 students, people participate
Udupi, September 23: More than 3,000 students and general public participated in a 5 km long marathon organised by the district police, district working journalists association and Press Club in association with MAHE and Manipal Runners Club to mark anti-drug month to create awareness on drug addiction held at Manipal on Sunday.
Right from kids to aged people including Students, Employees, Police officers participated with enthusiasm. SP Lakshman Nimbargi, MAHE Pro-vice Chancellor Dr. H.S. Ballal and flagged off the marathon in front of the University. The marathon passes through M Cops, Upendra Pai Circle, Syndicate Circle, Venugopal Temple, MIT Swimming Pool, MIT, Kamath Café, Tiger Circle and converged at the Manipal Edu Building.
Speaking at the programme, MAHE Pro-vice-chancellor Dr. H.S. Ballal said that the awareness jatha was organized to create awareness among youth who have been addicting into the drugs. The Manipal Institutions have been contributing to the creation of healthy society and in future also, such programmes would be held, he said.
SP Lakshman Nimbargi said that the country has the highest number of youth in the world and socio-economical and political future of the country was depending upon the youth who should be guided properly. As part of the Anti-Drugs Month programme, various programmes were conducted in the district in the last two months. Many people have the opinion that the police could arrest the drug addicts and the drug peddlers and check the drug addiction. But only people and law could not control this evil. As a result, the department has planned to conducted awareness jatha to give a message to the youth, he said.
Syndicate Bank General Manager H. Bhaskar Hande, GDM B.R. Hiremath, District Working Journalists Association President Ganesh Prasad Pandelu, Press Club convener Nagaraj Rao, KMC professor Dr. Vinod Nayak and others were present. The police personnel and officers who are always busy in providing security and investigation and interrogation, have also participated. SP Lakshman Nimbargi, ASP Kumarachandra, DySP Kumaraswamy, Belliyappa, Dinesh Kumar and other police officers participated in the sports dress.
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Allahabad High Court directs Centre to decide on Rahul Gandhi's citizenship by December 19
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has instructed the Union Home Ministry to decide on a petition regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship. The Bench, led by Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi, set a deadline of December 19, 2024, for the government to update the Court on the matter.
The petition, filed by S Vignesh Shishir, requests a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations that Rahul Gandhi holds British citizenship. Shishir claims that evidence, including confidential emails shared by VSS Sarma, suggests Gandhi may be a British citizen. However, due to UK data protection laws, the British government has not disclosed full details without Gandhi's consent.
During the November 25 hearing, Deputy Solicitor General SB Pandey informed the Court that the Home Ministry is reviewing the representation. The Court directed the government to report on the status of the petition by the next hearing on December 19.
A similar petition challenging Rahul Gandhi's citizenship is pending before the Delhi High Court, where the matter will be heard after the Allahabad High Court's proceedings.
