Mysuru Dasara: DCM kick starts cultural procession
Mysuru, October 14: The cultural procession, started for the first time in the world famous Mysuru Dasara, attracted poor response on Sunday.
People across the globe would visit Mysuru to watch Jamboo Savari, to be held on the last day of Dasara celebrations. Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar inaugurated the cultural procession today and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy would offer flowers on October 19. Today, the DCM inaugurated the procession by offering puja to the Nandi Dhwaja in front of the Kote Anjaneya Swamy Temple. Though the programme was organized on the line of Dasara procession, there were no local people to witness the procession, except the tourists. People were not interested to watch the procession which passed from the Palace to the Banni Mantap.
Total 40 folk troupes with 400 artistes and 11,500 people in traditional attire participated in the procession. They marched along with 25 teams which participated in Yuva Sambhrama. Apart from them, 10 Dasara elephants, horse forces and police forces also participated in the procession.
Higher Education Minister G.T. Deve Gowda, Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Shankar, MLAs L. Nagendra, Harshavardhan, ZP CEO K. Jyothi, Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subramanyeshwar Rao, SP Amith Singh, DCPs Vishnuvardhan and Vikram Amte, Kannada and Culture department assistant director Chennappa and others participated.
Since it was the Dasara festival of the land, everyone should join together and celebrate it, said DCM Dr. G. Parameshwar.
Speaking to reporters after flagging off the cultural procession, he said that he was happy for participating in the festival.
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NIA conducts searches at 22 locations to probe human trafficking syndicate
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency on Thursday conducted searches at 22 locations in six states to probe a human trafficking syndicate luring youth to work in call centres engaged in cyber frauds, officials said.
They said the searches were being conducted in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi among other places.
The case, which was registered by police in Gopalganj in Bihar, relates to an organised syndicate luring and trafficking Indian youth to foreign countries on the pretext of jobs and forcing them to work in fake call centres engaged in cyber fraud.
