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Power shutdown

MANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANG, NOV. 2.NOV. 2.NOV. 2 Power supply will be affected in some areas in Udupi between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on November 5 and November 6, according to a press release.

This is because of emergency work at feeder No. 3 in Udupi.

Power supply will be affected in Bannanje, offices of the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police and nearby areas, Udyavara, Padukere, Malpe, Kodavur and nearby areas on November 6 because of work at the Kodavur feeder and feeder No. 1 in Udupi.

Takes

charge

MANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANG, NOV. 2.NOV. 2.NOV. 2 R.V. Hiremath has taken charge as the Chief Engineer (maintenance and work), Mangalore Electricity Supply Company, according to a release.

Injured

MANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANG, NOV. 2.NOV. 2.NOV. 2 Eight persons were injured when a pandal at Nehru Maidan in Mangalore came down in Monday's rain.

The pandal had been put up as a cooking enclosure for the Billava women meet held on Sunday. The injured were admitted to a hospital, the police said.

The compound wall of a house at Vasanthanagar collapsed in the rain.

Elected

MANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANG, NOV. 2.NOV. 2.NOV. 2 Kodialguthu Ajit Kumar Rai was unanimously elected president of the Jagathika Bantara Sanghagala Okkoota at the annual general body meeting of the Okkoota here.

A press release from the secretary of the Okkoota, N. Shashidhar Shetty, said Mr. Rai, who is also the president of the Nadavara Mathra Sangha, would hold office for two years.

The other office-bearers elected unanimously are K.N. Shivaramu Shetty, vice-president, Vijayprasad Alva, secretary, B. Jayakar Shetty Indrali, joint secretary, and M. Sundar Shetty, treasurer. Mr. Rai promised the members that he would work for the uplift of the community by working in close association with other organisations.

B. Ranganath Hegde presided over the meeting. T. Subbayya Shetty welcomed the gathering. Y.S. Hegde, M.J. Shetty and H.R. Shetty were present. Mr. Alva proposed a vote of thanks.

Trust

MANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANGALOREMANG, NOV. 2.NOV. 2.NOV. 2 Muslim Vikas Parishat set up five years ago to work for the uplift of Muslims, dalits, backward classes and other socially oppressed classes in society has formally registered itself into a trust. It intends to launch a campaign on social issues in association with other like-minded organisations.

B.A. Mohammed Hanief, president of the parishat, told presspersons here on Tuesday that one of the major projects to be taken up by the parishat was a campaign against dowry among Muslims in 2005.

A social awareness campaign would be launched against this practice by way of release of books, pamphlets and organising seminars, workshops and dialogues.

He said the parishat intended to bring out a booklet on various facilities given to minorities by the Government.

This was important given that most minority community members were not aware of the facilities and schemes formulated to ensure their welfare, he said.

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