Mangaluru, August 28: The inauguration of 13 developmental works and 28 works’ Shilanyasa in the limits of Mangaluru Municipal Corporation will be held at 10:30 am on August 29 at Town Hall here. During the function, the town hall will be named after Kudmul Ranga Rao, said Mayor Bhaskar Moily.

Speaking to reporters at his office on Tuesday, he said that the District in-charge Minister UT Khader would inaugurate the programme.

MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath will preside over the function.

Opposition leader in Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojary, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA Dr. Bharat Shetty, Ivan D'Souza, Pratapchandra Shetty, BM Farooq, K Harish Kumar and others will be the guests for the function.

A total of Rs 47,241.10 crore developmental works have to be implemented in the city under MMC and Mangaluru Smart City project. A sum of Rs. 10 lakh is being donated to Kodagu victims, Mayor Bhaskar Moily said.

Deputy Mayor Muhammad Kunjattabail, Shashidhar Hegde, Naveen D'Souza, Praveen Chandra Alva, former Mayor Mahabala Marla and MMC Commissioner Muhammad Nazir were present.




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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.