Mysore shutdown evokes mixed response

September 20th, 2009 MYSORE - The ten-day long Dussehra festivities began on a traditional note atop the Chamundi Hills in Mysore. The festival that celebrates good winning over evil began on Saturday with the scion of Mysore, Srikanta Datta Narasimha Raja Wodeyar, holding his court in a throwback to yesteryears.

July 28th, 2009 MYSORE - The judicial custody of Sriram Sene Chief Pramod Mutalik, who was arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speech at Kyathamaranahalli, a Mysore suburb, in April this year, ends today. On July 25, the Sessions Court sent him to judicial custody till today.

July 25th, 2009 MYSORE - The Sessions Court in Mysore on Saturday denied bail to the Sriram Sene Chief Pramod Mutalik and sent him to judicial custody till July 28 for allegedly making inflammatory speech at Kyathamaranahalli, a Mysore suburb, in April this year. Mutalik, who had visited Kyathamaranahalli after the communal clashes in April, had allegedly addressed a gathering of local residents in the locality.

July 22nd, 2009 RANCHI - The shutdown call given by Maoists against rising prices of the essential commodities in Jharkhand evoked a mixed response here today. Mohammed Sahid, a train passenger said, "Maoists were justified in giving a shutdown call." Mohammed Chand, a bus agent, said that everyone was at loss and nobody would gain anything from this shutdown.

July 12th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The recent shutdown called by the United Liberation Front of Assom (ULFA) evoked a mix response in Assam. t did not have much of an impact, as people were seen on the streets and private vehicles continued to ply on the roads.

July 5th, 2009 MYSORE - Railway recruitment examination centre were attacked by the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Pravin Shetty Group), demanding more preference Kannadigas in railway jobs here today. The activists entered the examination hall in Yuvaraj College, and shouted pro Kannada slogans.

July 3rd, 2009 MYSORE - The Rapid Action Force (RAF) staged a flag march in the riot-hit areas of Mysore today. The flag march was taken out day after three persons died in communal violence at a religious site.

July 2nd, 2009 MYSORE - Two persons were killed and three others injured, as two communities armed with batons and weapons clashed over an alleged desecration of a religious school in Mysore district of Karnataka on Thursday. According to the police, they had to resort to lathi-charge and use teargas shells to disperse the crowd, as the news about the desecration angered members of one community, who came out with weapons and batons onto the streets and had a scuffle with members of another community.

April 6th, 2009 MYSORE - Sri Ram Sene leader Pramod Muthalik was taken into preventive custody on Monday. "Muthalik had come to visit the Kyatharamanhalli suburb, where group clashes took place this week," Mysore police said, adding that the prohibitory orders had been imposed in the area under Section 144.

April 3rd, 2009 MYSORE - The district administration of Mysore in Karnataka declared Section 144 after communal mob violence resulted in extensive destruction of private and public property including injuries to police personnel. This untowardly incident took place at Kyathamaranahalli, a suburb falling under Udayagiri Police Station in Mysore.

April 1st, 2009 PILIBHIT - The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)-called shutdown to protest young Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi's arrest received a mixed response in this Uttar Pradesh district Wednesday. Although most of the shops in the main markets of the city remained closed in the morning, commercial activity resumed gradually as the day progressed.

March 14th, 2009 MYSORE - A company in Mysore, is working overtime, ahead of the general elections, to manufacture the indelible ink used to dye the tip of each voter's finger to prevent repeat voting. The company named Mysore paints and Varnish Limited was established in 1935 with the sole aim of preparing lacquer for government and other documents.

February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Justice Arijit Pasayat of the Supreme Court Monday quit hearing a lawsuit on implementation of prestigious Bangalore-Mysore expressway in Karnataka. He abandoned the hearing on a plea by former prime minister H.D.

January 21st, 2009 KOLKATA - A 12-hour shutdown called by the opposition Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) evoked partial response in West Bengal Thursday, as agitators squatted on railway tracks disrupting train services and blocked roads. The police said they had arrested 320 SUCI workers across the state.

January 6th, 2009 KOCHI - There has been a mixed response in Kerala to the suggestions made by the law reforms commission, which will submit its report later this month. Among other reforms, the commission has asked for a change in the marriage customs practiced by the Muslim community and appointment of non-Brahmins as temple priests.