Diwali: Cops to patrol streets to implement cracker curbs

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November 5, 2018

Bengaluru, Nov 5: With the government asking people to burst firecrackers only between 8pm and 10pm during Diwali, police are putting in place measures to implement the curbs.

Additional commissioner of police (east) Seemanth Kumar Singh said, "Officers are encouraging community bursting of crackers; the station head officer (SHO) has been directed to implement the orders. Hoysala patrol vehicles will keep vigil too. We are coordinating with BBMP to identify open spaces where people can burst crackers safely."

Police are i n fix as there are no specific sections to register cases against violators. They will probably be booked under Karnataka Police Act 1963 (punishment of certain street offences and nuisance), sources said. The government said crackers can be burst on November 5, 6, 7 and 8, 8pm and 10pm.

Officers said, "It is hard to enforce the new rules in short notice, but we are making serious attempts to implement the SC order."

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

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.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

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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