Bengaluru, Oct. 16 -- Bengaluru police have granted permission for the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) Tiranga March on Friday, allowing the event to proceed with restrictions on speeches, slogans and displays, hours after refusing permission for the planned gathering at Town Hall.

The march, part of CJP's "Lehra Do Tiranga" campaign, is scheduled to bring together 200 to 300 people and was originally planned to begin at Town Hall at 4 pm and end at the Quit India Memorial near Mysuru Bank Circle on Kempegowda Road. Police had objected to the proposed Town Hall assembly, saying Freedom Park was the designated venue for demonstrations in Bengaluru.

The latest communication from the office of the assistant commissioner of police, Halasuru G...