Mysuru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated the ‘Jamboo Savari’ held as a part of the Dasara celebrations in the district on Wednesday.

The chief minister offered the conventional prayers to the Nandi flag five minutes prior to schedule, which had been set as 2:36 pm to 2:50 pm on Wednesday. Bommai completed the ritual five minutes before time outside the Kote Anjaneya Swami Temple of the Mysuru Palace.

He then entered the palace in an open jeep, waving to the people, on his way to the stage to launch the event.

District In-charge Minister S T Somashekhar, ministers B C Patil and Sunil Kumar, legislators S A Ramadas, Harshavardhan and C S Niranjan Kumar, government department chairpersons Mirle Srinivas Gowda, S Mahadevaiah and Kote M Shivanna, BJP district president Mangala Somashekhar, BJP leaders Devanur G Pratap and Cable Mahesh were among those present for the launch.

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New Delhi: In a now-deleted YouTube video, journalist Sushant Sinha’s interview with former Border Security Force (BSF) officer NN Dubey sparked controversy over a misleading thumbnail. The video discussed Ghazi Baba, a blacklisted terrorist affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed and Harkat-ul-Ansar, who was killed during a BSF operation in Srinagar in August 2003.

However, the video’s thumbnail mistakenly depicted Punjab Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Faiyyaz Farooqui between notorious terrorists Masood Azhar and Osama bin Laden. The image even featured a bullet mark on Farooqui’s forehead, falsely implying he had been shot dead.

Although the video was removed before the time of this report’s publication, neither Sushant Sinha nor his team have issued an official acknowledgment or apology for the serious error.