No clarity on grand Ganesh idol immersion
The Hindu
TS moves SC challenging HC order banning immersion of PoP idols in lakes
An element of uncertainty surrounds this year’s immersion of Ganesh idols in the State capital which attracts lakhs of devotees from different parts of the State.
There is no clarity whether people would witness the usual grand procession and immersion of idols even as the State government filed a special leave petition in Supreme Court challenging Telangana High Court’s order banning immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) in Hussainsagar and other lakes. The government only filed the petition.
It was not listed. Sources said the State government had decided to engage a senior counsel who would make a mention of the matter before the Chief Justice bench. Once the Chief Justice bench allots the matter to a specific judge, the contentions of the government and the respondents would be heard before passing an interim direction.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.