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Kumaraswamy prays at Meenakshi temple

BANGALORE: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy visited the Madurai Meenakshi temple in Tamil Nadu on Sunday along with his wife Anita Kumaraswamy.

The Chief Minister left to Tamil Nadu by a helicopter from the Jakkur airfield in Bangalore in the morning. He is expected to return to Bangalore on Monday morning. — Special Correspondent

CPI (M) protest

HASSAN: State CPI (M) secretary G.N. Nagaraj has said that CPI (M) activists will stage a dharna in front of the Director-General of Police office in Bangalore and also the Superintendent of Police offices in the districts on Monday to protest against the arrest of B.V. Seetaram, journalist, in Mangalore on Saturday.

Speaking to The Hindu here on Sunday, Mr. Nagaraj said they would also ask the Chief Minister to transfer the Mangalore Superintendent of Police immediately. Even during the communal disturbances in November/December last year, the Superintendent of Police had not acted impartially, the CPI (M) leader alleged. — Special Correspondent

`File review petition'

HASSAN: CPI (M) State secretary G.N. Nagaraj has said that Karnataka should file a review petition in the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal against its final award and also explore the option of approaching the Supreme Court.

He was speaking to The Hindu on Sunday.

Mr. Nagaraj said the election results of Punjab and Uttarakhand showed that the policies of the Congress were "anti-people."

The UPA Government should take the elections as an eye-opener and start implementing pro-people programmes. — Special Correspondent

Convention of SHGs

Udupi: A convention of Navodaya Self Help Groups will be held at the Adiudupi grounds here on March 7, managing trustee of the Navodaya Gram Vikas Charitable Trust M.N. Rajendra Kumar told presspersons on Sunday. He said that Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy would inaugurate the convention.

About 35,000 members of the Navodaya SHGs would be participating in the convention, he said.

— Staff Correspondent

Grievance meetings in Bidar

BIDAR : The Bidar Police will organise open house meetings in each police station on the second Saturday of every month. Senior officials will receive grievances from the public during these meetings, a release from Superintendent of Police Ravi S. said. — Staff Correspondent

Belgaum cultural festival

BELGAUM: The Nehru Youth Centre in association with B.R. Ambedkar Yuvak Mandal will organise a district-level cultural festival at Kamatnur of Hukkeri taluk on March 10. Prizes and certificates would be given to the winners. For details, contact Mr. Jamadar at NYC, Belgaum over 0831-2453496, mobile: 9934647767 or 9880382994. — Staff Correspondent

Exhibition in Mysore

MYSORE: The Karnataka State Women's Development Corporation and the Department of Women and Child Welfare have jointly organised a three-day exhibition-cum sale at Kalamandira from March 10. Interested women entrepreneurs, self-help groups and women's organisations may contact the office of the Deputy Director, Department of Women and Child Welfare, District Jawahar Bala Bhavan, Banni Mantap, before March 6 and register their names. — Staff Correspondent

Computer training courses

MYSORE: The Department of Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Office has invited applications from unemployed women belonging to category 1, 2A, and 3B and from minority communities for the three-month computer training courses.

Application forms are available with the District Officer, Department of Backward Classes and Minority Welfare, Room No. 14.

The last date for submitting applications is March 15. For details, contact 2420417. — Staff Correspondent

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