Bengaluru man's query to police leaves netizens in splits

A Twitter user's reply to Bengaluru Police tweet over imposition of prohibitory orders in city became an internet sensation and evoked amusement among social media users. While police informed citizens of imposed section throughout city, a netizen ended up asking something unusual yet relatable for many internet users. Souvik Chakraborty who according to his Twitter description is a communications professional and a photography enthusiast responded by asking if it will be a dry day in city amidst protest. As soon as post went viral, his tweet received approximately 60 retweets and more than 500 likes. 

Chakraborty even mand to get a reply from police department. Bengaluru Police wrote, “Everything will run rmal”. He later responded, “Thank you Saaaar, you made my day”. quirky exchange between Chakraborty and police also led to many hilarious tweets. One Twitter user wrote, “Even I wanted an answer to this question. Thanks”. Ar user wrote, “Corrected: Everything will rum rmal”. 

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Students perform 'shoe satyagraha'

Several students of Indian Institute of Manment-Bangalore (IIM-B) on Thursday evening protested against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), despite police ban and prohibition from school's administration. M.S. Narasimhan, dean, administration of IIM-B and finance and accounting professor, sent a mail to students at 5:52 PM on Thursday, refusing to grant permission for protest. However, despite permission, protest in manment school's campus started at 7 PM, with a strength of more than 100 students. 

A photograph surfaced on social media in which Bengaluru students disobeyed both internal and external ban by raising placards and displaying multiple pairs of footwear as a part of 'shoe satyagraha' outside institute's main gate, to oppose CAA. Many students also std a sit-in protest inside campus, near main gate, in presence of police and media. students raised ir glowing cell phones as part of ir protest, against CAA which grants citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and Parsis from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Among protesters was a student on a wheelchair. 

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