In an unfortunate incident, eight people were killed while 22 were injured after a truck hit a procession heading for the immersion of Lord Ganesh idol in Karnataka's Hassan district on Friday, as per officials.
"This is a part of appeasement politics. Who recommended the withdrawal of the case against those who set the Police Station on fire? Congress people did that. Last year, petrol bombs were hurled at the Ganesh procession in Nagamangala, Mandya. Recommendations were made to withdraw the ca
A case has been registered under sections 196(1)(a) (promoting enmity between groups), 299 (deliberate acts intended to outrage religious feeling, and 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
The suo motu case was filed by Maddur Police based on a complaint by Sub-Inspector Manjunath. The complaint states that while addressing participants of the procession through a microphone, Ravi made remarks targeting the Muslim community.
Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra on Tuesday slammed the Congress government in the State over the stone pelting incident at Maddur in Mandya district during the Ganpati procession a day earlier.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the RSS and the BJP of disrupting peace in the state. He was reacting to the BJP delegation's proposed visit to Maddur in Mandya district, where tension rose after a stone pelting incident during the Ganpati procession.
Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday slammed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar over the stone pelting incident, which happened during a Ganpati procession in the state.
A total of 21 people have been arrested following the stone pelting incident and the subsequent protest which broke out in response. Earlier on Monday, police lathi charged the protesters in an effort to disperse the crowd.
Shobha Karandlaje said, "...During the Ganpati celebrations, permissions were not given to hold cultural programmes, play DJ, take out processions. Yesterday, during the Ganesh Idol immersion in Maddur, people pelted stones. A similar incident happened last year also...The state governmen
Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar stated that the immersion processions of Lord Ganpati in the city were peaceful as the disputes between various mandals had been sorted over the allocation of time and space, although he admitted that there was a delay in the immersion procedure, but th
Anant Ambani, Director, Reliance Industries Limited, also took part in the 'visarjan procession' for the immersion of the Lord Ganesh idol of Lalbaugcha Raja pandal in Mumbai's Girgaon Chowpatty.
Praising the preparations by the local administration, police, and the municipal corporation, CM Fadnavis highlighted how, due to the proper arrangements, the Ganesh procession across different cities went along peacefully.