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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Kantara mimicking case: HC extends interim relief given to actor Ranveer Singh till March 9
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Monday extended the interim relief given to Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh till March 9, in a case related to mimicking a character from the movie, 'Kantara Chapter-1', and allegedly mocking a deity.
The actor had approached the High Court seeking the quashing of the FIR against him for mimicking Rishab Shetty's role as 'Chavunda' deity in the movie.
While mimicking, Singh had called the deity a "ghost". The actor was asked to appear before the court in person on Monday.
Appearing on behalf of the actor, his counsel Sajjan Poovayya said Singh was stuck in London and was unable to reach Bengaluru due to the conflict in West Asia.
The complainant, who is a lawyer, alleged that his religious sentiments were hurt by calling the deity a ghost. On the directions of a local Court, the police registered a case against the actor.
The High Court on February 24 granted interim relief to the actor with directions to the police not to take any coercive steps against him.
