Lions Annual District Award Nite celebrated

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July 24, 2011

Mangalore, July 24: Lion J Krishnananda Rao, District Governor 2010-2011 was conferred with the Lions Golden Supreme Excellence Award, during 'Annual District Award Nite' organised by Lions Club International, District 324 D5, at Loyola Hall here on Sunday.

After receiving the award, Lion Rao recalled the services provided by the members of the Lion's club in the year 2010-2011.

“The Club had motivated over 3500 individuals to donate their eyes, adopted 40 schools, donated 2200 units of blood as part of its philanthropic service”, he said.

Lion M B Sadashiv MJF, was conferred with Lions Gold Supreme Excellence Award and Lion's Support for the Differently Abled Children Award.

Lion K C Prabhu was conferred with Lions Gold Supreme Excellence Award and Excellent Convener award.

Lions Punctuality Award was won by Lion M Patrao. Lioness Shantha M Airan was honored with the Lioness of the year award.

Lion P Kishore Rao, District Governor for the year 2011-2012, promised the continuation of the services done by the Lions Club. He stressed the necessity of more help to the downtrodden and needy in a better way.

Awards were also distributed to the best performers of various chapters of the Lions club in the district.

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Deputy SP suspended over Ganesh idol procession violence in Mandya

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September 20,2024

Mandya: The Deputy Superintendent of Police of Nagamangala town in Mandya district has been suspended for "negligence and dereliction of duty" in connection with the clashes that broke out between two groups during a Lord Ganesh idol procession, police said on Friday.

This is the second suspension of a police officer over the clashes on September 11 following which mobs went on a rampage targeting several shops and vehicles leading to tension here.

The situation in the town has since returned to normalcy and most of the shops have started operating. However, adequate security forces continued to be stationed here as a precautionary measure, according to police.

Sumeeth A R, DySP (Nagamangala), was suspended on Thursday for negligence and dereliction of duty, Mandya Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baldandi told PTI.

"He (Sumeeth) was not present at the spot nor was he at the police headquarters when the incident occurred. He arrived late at the spot despite the sensitive nature of events," he said.

Earlier, Police Inspector Ashok Kumar posted at Nagamangala town police station was suspended for dereliction of duty in connection with the violence.

A total of 55 people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

According to police, an argument broke out between two groups, when the Ganesh idol procession by devotees from Badarikoppalu village reached a place of worship on September 11, and some miscreants hurled stones, which escalated the situation.

The police had used mild force to disperse the crowd to control the situation.

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