Rajyotsava amidst Raichur bandh

raichur: the district administration and the department of kannada and culture on thursday jointly celebrated the karnataka rajyotsav day. district-in-charge and public works minister dharam singh hoisted the rajyotsava flag at the office of the city municipality here and joined in a procession held thereafter. syed yasin, raichur mla, raja amaresh nayak, kalmala mla, a.venkatesh nayak, mp, a. vasanth kumar, chairman of urban development authority, k. shantappa, chairman of apmc, jayanth rao patange, chariman of rapcms ltd., jayanna, syndicate member of gulbarga university, deputy commissioner g. kumar nayak, zp ceo s.b. dyaberi, sp arun chakravarti, assistant commissioner, tahasildar and others officials participated in the function. speaking on the occasion dharam singh recalled the efforts of persons of hyderabad karnataka region for uniting kannadigas. he regretted the demand for separate hyderabad-karnataka state. raichur bandh peaceful: the raichur bandh called by hyderabad karnataka janandolana kendra here on thursday was peaceful and partly sucessful. all the shops and business establishments including cyber cafes were closed since early morning till late evening. no untoward incidents were reported. people were inconvinienced as the ksrtc authority stopped the movement of buses. the bandh was held to protest the `step-motherly' treatment by the congress government towards hyderabad-karnataka region.