Shanthi'Vision Expo' and book fair attract visitors in Mangalore

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November 5, 2013
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Mangalore, Nov 5: A large number of people turned up at'Vision expo' and book fair organized by Shanthi Prakashana as part of its silver jubilee celebration in Mangalore.

Book stalls put up inside the premises of Town Hall are catering the needs of book lovers.

First day of'Vision Expo' received a good response from the people and organisers kept themselves busy explaining about the book content to its visitors in Hindi, Kannada, Beary, Urdu and English.

More than 250 books published by Shanthi Prakashana are being displayed at the expo. Discounts on book prices up to 25 percent is given on some books.

Things such as calendar, photo frames, CDs, translation of meaning of Quran in French, Chinese, Kashmiri, Korean, Tamil, Marati, Russian, Burmese, Urdu, Turkey, Somalia, Spain.

Quranic manuscripts by Zainul Abideen and Hazrath Ali (r), a letter by Sulaiman Nabi, letters written on banana leaves, scripture of Soora Yasin on copper, last Quran vahiyy on camel bones, Vahiyy on camel leather, seal of prophet Muhammad (pbuh),'Bismillahirahnirahim' and other calligraphy are catching the eye sights of visitors.

Information on environment and its protection mentioned in Quran, mal-practicing, fraud, awareness on miscellany, trading rules, financial trading, interest free banking, injustice, importance of labour's work, inequality, brotherhood relation, women exploitation, globalisation, destroying agriculture, old age homes, gambling, blind beliefs, corruption, false news, morality, abortion, administration, sexual awareness, suicide, colour discrimination, faith and other social things are given at the venue.

Expo venue is covered with Quran verses. Word “Warring with the intention of communalism is not a Muslim. Bribing and taking bribe is against the teachings of Rasool Muhammad (pbuh) and he will be cursed by Allah. If the administration then it should be like Umar” by Gandhi are attracting the crowd.

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Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray. 

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A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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