Local leaders of PFI and SDPI taken into preventive custody in different parts of Karnataka. (Representational image)Karnataka Bengaluru News Highlights: Local leaders of PFI and SDPI were taken into preventive custody in different parts of Karnataka Tuesday. According to initial reports, 8-9 leaders in Mangaluru, six in Kolar, seven in Bagalkot, two in Bidar and one in Vijayapura are under preventive custody. Home Minister Araga Jnanendra described it as a precautionary measure and said they had “created a tense situation by protesting in the streets during the recent raids by NIA on their leaders.”
Meanwhile, President Droupadi Murmu Monday inaugurated the Mysuru Dasara, the ten-day festival which attracts crowds across the globe, and became the first head of the state to do so. Mysuru Dasara, which has more than 400 years of history, is celebrated to mark the local deity Goddess Chamundeshwari’s victory over Mahishasura. Dasara is celebrated for nine days and on the tenth day of Vijaya Dashami, a grand procession is held.
Meanwhile, six Air Force officers have been charged with murder in connection with the death of a former Air Force Technical College (AFTC) trainee. Police in Bengaluru, where the AFTC is based, said no arrests have been made so far and that they are waiting for the post-mortem report.
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR airport) Tuesday reported that it recorded 52,366 Metric Tonnes (MT) of perishable shipments in FY 2021-22, compared to the previous year’s 48,130 MT.
“41% of South India’s air-cargo perishable tonnage is currently handled by BLR Airport making it the leading airport for perishables in India. Fruits and vegetables along with the export of poultry and flowers have been major segments driving this growth. 36,493 MT of poultry and 1,952 MT of flowers were exported from BLR Airport in FY '22. Doha emerged as the leading destination followed by Singapore, London, and Male. A total of 33 cargo freighter airlines transported perishable shipments from BLR Airport to 85 international destinations in FY '22,” statement from the airport read.
Bengaluru-based Jain University- Centre for Management Studies is hosting a two day international conference on ‘Ethics in Research and Principles of Ethical Journalism and its Impact on Society’. The first day of the conference was conducted today with a keynote address by TR Gopalakrishnan, consulting editor, Citizen Matters who advised students on the importance of ‘revealing the truth’ in journalism and the need to keep a tab with the morning newspapers.
The conference also encouraged the students, scholars, and prospective authors to present their research papers and case studies with the aim of identifying challenges of research ethics, understanding the impact of ethics, elaborating the needs and demands of ethical journalism, and analyzing ethical and legal inadequacies.
Dr. Bhargavi D. Hemmige, chairperson, conference organising committee and HoD, Dept of Journalism and Mass Communication, while delivering the concept theme emphasized, the need for ethical journalism in the present day’s media ownership context.
President of India Droupadi Murmur said that Karnataka has a very important contribution to the development of India's economy, while addressing the civic reception hosted in her honour by the state government. She said, "A lot of credit for India's reputation in Information Technology goes to Karnataka, especially Silicon City, Bangalore."
Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation felicitated Hon'ble President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu on behalf of citizens of Karnataka during the Civic Reception program organized by the Government of Karnataka, along with the Hon’ble Governor of Karnataka, Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot, and Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Basavaraj Bommai and other dignitaries.
A day before a public consultation meeting on the Hubballi-Ankola railway is set to be held, a basic science researcher based out of Uttara Kannada district, Ravi Hegde, has submitted a list of objections against the railway project to the office of the deputy commissioner of the district.
The Union environment ministry on June 3 this year had set up a seven-member committee to examine the project. The team is on a visit to the district. The project requires the conversion of 594.64 hectare of forest land.
Hegde said that the proposed Hubballi-Ankola railway track project is not mandatory for human survival but the tropical rainforest habitat is essential for the survival of the rarest of the rare population of endemic and endangered flora and fauna of the Western Ghats.
Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy Tuesday asked the government to reveal the reasons for the raids on Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders.
“If the (state) government fails to do so, we will have to believe that these raids are being conducted to divert attention from the allegations of corruption against the government,” the former chief minister said.
“The government should reveal the details of the discoveries made and other documents to the people of the state. If they fail to reveal the truth behind the raids, people will suspect that these raids are being made to divert attention from the ‘PayCM’ campaign of the Congress,” he said. Read More.
The headmaster of a government school in Karnataka’s Gadag district was allegedly heckled by activists of Sri Rama Sene, a Right-wing outfit, Tuesday after he asked the students to write an essay on Prophet Muhammed. The activists also accused the headmaster of facilitating religious conversion of the students.
The incident took place in the Government High School in Nagavi village. The activists barged into the school and heckled headmaster Abdul Munafar Bijapur, leaving the rest of the people in the school of 172 students “in a state of shock”. Kiran Parashar reports.
Private firm BLADE will be launching helicopter services between HAL Aiport and Kempegowda International Airport from October 10.
The Government of Odisha, in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), is organizing the Odisha Investors’ Meet in Bengaluru on 28th September 2022.
The idea behind organizing this is to showcase the diverse business-friendly ecosystem of Odisha to the potential investors and help them to form an informed decision to invest in Odisha to meet the ever-growing demands in Eastern and North-Eastern India as well as the ASEAN Markets.
A senior Government of Odisha delegation led by Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha reached Bengaluru today to participate in an Investors meet. The key members of the delegation include Pratap Keshari Deb, Minister - Industries, MSME & Energy, Government of Odisha, Hemant Sharma (IAS), Principal Secretary, Industries Department, Skill Development & Technical Education and Chairman-IDCO and Chairman-IPICOL, Government of Odisha, Manoj Kumar Mishra, Secretary, E&IT Department and Dr Omkar Rai, Executive Chairman, Start-Up Odisha among others.
Karnataka BJP took it to Twitter to call former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah 'Supreme Corrupt' and added that he 'closed the investigation agency to hide the corruption cases against him.'
The state BJP Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel said, "He is the inspiration for those who commit murder, communal riots and anti-national acts. Siddaramaiah is the reason for the growth of PFI and SDPI. Anti-national organizations grew during his tenure. Our government has now taken a firm decision."
Kateel further alleged that Congress has ties with the drug mafia and sand mafia. "Congress has looted the state. Another name for corruption is Congress", he said.
Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar on Tuesday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to take over as the party's national president in this "hour of crisis" and to "save" it.
He said only the Gandhi family (Indira, Rajiv Gandhi) can keep the country and the party united and that Rahul Gandhi becoming the Congress president once again was the demand of partymen across India.
"I appeal to Rahul ji, in this hour of crisis, you please accept the demand of the Congressmen of this country, you take over. Please don't refuse the Congress' presidentship, for the sake of saving this party and the country," Shivakumar said. (PTI)
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has received the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) Champion Award 2022 under the category of “Technology & Product Innovation for Large Companies”.
The Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, Shri Rajnath Singh today presented the award to Mr L Ramakrishnan, Chief Scientist of BEL’s Central Research Laboratory (CRL)-Bangalore and Dr Ramesh Chaveli, Principal Scientist (CRL-Bangalore) at the awards ceremony organised in New Delhi.
BEL is the only DPSU selected for this award. The jury headed by Dr Sivathanu Pillai included retired senior officers from the armed forces, among others. BEL has won the award against stiff competition from large private sector companies.
The India Meteorological Department has forecast a generally cloudy sky for Bengaluru with light to moderate spells of rain. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 28 to 21 degrees Celsius respectively.
A local court in Karnataka’s Chitradurga on Tuesday extended for 14 days the judicial custody of Shivamurthy Sharanaru, the Murugha mutt pontiff arrestedfor the alleged sexual assault of two minor students.
The Chitradurga court extended the pontiff’s judicial custody till October 10. The judicial custody of the warden, another accused in the case, was also extended till October 10.
Meanwhile, sources close to the mutt said that they are scheduled to hold a meeting on September 29 to decide whether Sharanaru must step down from the pontiff position or continue. According to an employee of the mutt, the employees are upset that the incident has affected the image of the 400-year-old mutt and impacted its day-to-day operations. Read More.
Inside Chennai’s Mylapore, there is Arundale Street. No more than two motorcycles can be parked next to each other in the area. In that narrow space, one can find a beeline of people standing patiently, waiting for their turn to treat their taste buds with scrumptious pongal, idli, and vadas.
There is no loud chatter, there are no chairs or tables set up for the waiting customers, and the customers are also not anxiously checking their mobile phones and wristwatches to see how long they need to wait to get their hands on the food. They feel at home. Some lean over the wall, while some sit on the available space. The entire scene takes place at Rayar’s Mess, where both the customers and the owners try their best to stay loyal to each other. Read More.
The Karnataka Police Tuesday detained more than 80 members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) during an early morning operation as a preventive measure, said officials.
Officials said these activists of PFI and SDPI were nabbed from different parts of the state, such as Mangaluru, Bagalkot, Bidar, Raichur, Gadag and other cities, over inputs of possible disturbance to public order. Read More.
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR Airport) continues to be the No.1 airport for handling perishable shipments from India. BLR Airport recorded 52,366 Metric Tonnes (MT) of perishable shipments in FY 2021-22, compared to the previous year’s 48,130 MT. 41% of South India’s air-cargo perishable tonnage is currently handled by BLR Airport making it the leading airport for perishables in India.
Fruits and vegetables along with the export of poultry and flower have been major segments driving this growth. 36,493 MT of poultry and 1,952 MT of flowers were exported from BLR Airport in FY’22. Doha emerged as the leading destination followed by Singapore, London, and Male. A total of 33 cargo freighter airlines transported perishable shipments from BLR Airport to 85 international destinations in FY’22.
"Our recent partnerships with multiple cargo partners for infrastructure and technology will only make the Airport’s cargo capacity stronger and even better”, stated Satyaki Raghunath, Chief Strategy and Development Officer at Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL).
Following the detention of several PFI activists, State President of the SDPI Party, Abdul Majeed Mysore said, 'The communal fascist BJP government is targeting its political enemies. The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has a warrant against only the Popular Front of India (PFI). But it is misusing the same to target the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) party and Campus Front of India (CFI).'
He added, 'Activists of SDPI and CFI are also being illegally detained as part of its continued unconstitutional attacks and illegal arrests launched against PFI. An attempt is being made to terrorize our party and PFI, and the CFI organizations by creating an emergency-like atmosphere by arresting innocent people for mere political grudges without any basis. We strongly condemn this.'
The residents of Jayanagar in Karnataka’s Bengaluru are irked by the constant use of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) public playground (Shalini Grounds) in fifth block of the locality for commercial purposes.
Several residents gathered Sunday in Jayanagar to protest against Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya for permitting week-long commercial exhibitions multiple times and depriving the children and sports enthusiasts from using the playground for sports.
The residents allege that despite several requests to the civic agencies, the MP and Jaynagar MLA Soumya Reddy, the playground is being extensively used for non sporting activities which has led to deterioration of the cricket pitch and degraded the ground quality. Read More.
Mr Manoj Jain took charge as the Director (R&D) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on September 26, 2022. He was General Manager of the Electronic Warfare & Avionics SBU at BEL's Bangalore Complex prior to his elevation.
Mr Manoj Jain joined BEL in August 1991 as Probationary Engineer after completing his BE (Electronics) from REC Jaipur (MNIT) with Gold medal. In an illustrious career spanning over three decades, he has made significant contributions to the field of Research & Development.
Karnataka’s government-owned KC General Hospital in Bengaluru was awarded the ‘Ayushman Utkrishtata Puraskaar’ by the National Health Authority (NHA) at the Arogya Manthan 2022 held in Delhi Monday, for linking the highest number of patient health records to Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA), said Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar in a statement Monday.
Over 8,450 health records at the hospital have been linked to ABHA.
District Government Hospital in Karnataka’s Dharwad has also won the award for top-performing government health facility. Read More.
President Draoupadi Murmur inaugurated an Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility (ICMF) set up by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) that is said to cater for the entire rocket engine production of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated a manufacturing unit of Exide Energy Solutions in Bengaluru. The unit has come up at an 80-acre plot at the Aerospace Park, near Devanhalli.
In a temporary relief for around 490 students of the Nehru English High School in Bengaluru’s Shivaji Nagar, the Karnataka High Court Monday stayed the seizure of the school building by the state government till October 27.
On Sunday, the government had attached the school building after it came to light that the owner of the school, Mansoor Khan, had allegedly duped depositors to the tune of around Rs 4,000 crore in a ponzi scam.
The private unaided school was established in 1964 and is managed by the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) which is owned by Khan. Read More.
A number of office-bearers and members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) were taken into custody from across Karnataka, after raids at their offices and residences, police sources said on Tuesday.
The crackdown came close on the heels of raids by the National Investigation Agency in different parts of the country including Karnataka last week.
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said: "PFI activists and office-bearers among others linked to them have been detained as a precautionary measure across the state, since this morning". The raids began Monday midnight in various parts of the State including Bengaluru Rural, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Kolar, Raichur, Gadag, Mangaluru, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Mandya, Ramanagara, Udupi, Chamarajanagar, Kalaburagi, Hubballi, and Dharwad, official sources said. (PTI)
Scattered very light to light rains likely over BBMP area. The maximum & minimum temperatures are likely to be around 28 & 21 degrees Celsuis respectively.
Here are the traffic restrictions in place in Bengaluru today on account of President Droupadi Murmu's visit to various locations.
The Department of Mental Health Education, NIMHANS, in collaboration with other departments, has started training the second batch of Air Force instructors of the Indian Air Force in mental well-being and mentoring.
A few individuals barged into Press Club, Mysuru and tried to assault retired Karnataka State Open University vice-chancellor Prof Ramegowda and Dr K Mahadev.
They were briefing the media on irregularities allegedly committed by KSOU VC Prof Vidyashankar S. Vidyashankar is among the three shortlisted for the post of VC at Visvesvaraya Technological University.
Home minister Araga Jnanendra said that SDPI and PFI workers were detained as a precautionary measure.
These workers had created a tense situation by protesting in the streets during the recent raids by NIA on their leaders, he said.
The residents of Jayanagar in Karnataka’s Bengaluru are irked by the constant use of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) public playground (Shalini Grounds) in fifth block of the locality for commercial purposes.
Several residents gathered Sunday in Jayanagar to protest against Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya for permitting week-long commercial exhibitions multiple times and depriving the children and sports enthusiasts from using the playground for sports. (Read more)
Taking a cue from the 'PayCM' posters, Raitha Sangha (Farmers Association) has come up with new posters of 'pay farmers'. Their demand is for a scientific price for crops. Darshan Puttanaiah and several others staged a protest by posting it on government buses on Monday.
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Integrated Cryogenic Engines Manufacturing Facility of HAL in Bengaluru and addressed the audience. Here's the live feed from the event.
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility at the HAL Aerospace Division in Bengaluru. She also laid the foundation stone for the Zonal Institute of Virology.
In the wake of nationwide raids by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its office bearers, the authorities have taken into preventive custody as many as 25 local leaders belonging to both the PFI and its political offshoot the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in Karnataka.
According to initial reports, while eight to nine PFI/SDPI members were picked up from Mangaluru, seven were taken into custody from Bagalkot, six from Kolar, two from Bidar and one from Vijayapura. (Read more)
Karnataka police have arrested eight persons who allegedly attacked Kalaburgi (Rrural) police inspector Srimanth Illala when he reportedly went to arrest ganja growers. Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Tuesday said that they recovered the service revolver of the officer which the accused had snatched during the raid.
Srimanth Illala was airlifted from Unity Hospital in Kalaburagi to Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru. The Minister said that the officer is yet to gain consciousness and the treatment is continuing.
Here are the traffic restrictions in place in Bengaluru today on account of President Droupadi Murmu's visit to various locations.
Bengaluru city is likely to see a maximum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 21 degrees Celsius, according to a 9 am update from the Meteorological Centre in Bengaluru.
A generally cloudy sky has been predicted. Light to moderate rain and thundershowers are very likely.
Local leaders of PFI and SDPI were taken into preventive custody in different parts of Karnataka.
According to initial reports, 8-9 leaders in Mangaluru, six in Kolar, seven in Bagalkot, two in Bidar and one in Vijayapura are under preventive custody.
The State has been granted 12 more weeks by the High Court of Karnataka to complete the exercise of delimitation in Taluk and Zilla Panchayats and to complete the exercise of providing reservation to SC, ST, and OBC categories.
The court on May 24 this year granted 12 weeks to the State to complete the process. But the Delimitation Commission on September 19 wrote to the government that it needs three more months to complete the process. (PTI)
Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar on Monday rejected allegations that his party was targeting Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai with the 'PayCM' campaign, because the latter is a Lingayat.
He said the Chief Minister is targeted, as he is the head of the government and will have to bear responsibility for its deeds.
"Has he (Bommai) become the Chief Minister on the basis of his Lingayat caste? He is in power as per the Constitution. We are targeting the government and he is the head of the government," Shivakumar told reporters. (PTI)
Online gaming intermediary Gameskraft Technologies moved Karnataka High Court after it was issued a show-cause notice by the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) despite the High Court’s stay on a previous ?21,000 crore tax notice issued to the company.
The GST authorities have issued an intimation notice demanding ?21,000 crores on September 8. (With inputs from Bar & Bench)
As the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Palakkad district, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday met the leaders and representatives from tribal communities, particularly from Attapadi in the district.
The interaction started with a song on unity dedicated by the delegation to the Bharat Jodo Yatra. During the interaction, one of the representatives expressed the need to set up coaching centres for competitive exams in tribal areas.
A doctor from the community practicing tribal medicine, asked for tribal medicine to be included into AYUSH and raised the need for mentorship programmes to prevent school and college dropouts among tribal students.
"I believe tribal culture is as important as every other culture, not better, but equal to all cultures," Gandhi said. Gandhi noted that tribal people are the best protectors of forests and understand the environment better than bureaucrats and experts. (PTI)
The world is now moving towards the fourth industrial revolution, and India has to make relentless efforts to secure a leading position on the world stage in this connection, President Droupadi Murmu said on Monday.
She was speaking at the inauguration of the new campus of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Dharwad here.
"The country and the world is changing rapidly. Through the Digital India Mission, our country is experiencing digital revolution, but to reap benefits of this revolution, we will have to further encourage our research and innovation," Murmu said. (PTI)
The appointment of a new vice chancellor (VC) for Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has hit controversy from the word go. While former vice-chancellors alleged irregularities such as ‘favoritism’ in appointing the new VC, on the other hand a complaint has been registered at Karnataka Lokayukta for dereliction of duty against the registrar and the former vice chancellor of VTU for taking ‘major policy decisions’ at the end of the VC tenure.
However, the search committee of VTU shortlisted three candidates on Saturday for the VC chair which includes Anand Deshpande, Vidyashankar S and Gopal Mugeray. Soon after the shortlisted candidates names were out, allegations of corruption and criminal charges surfaced from certain corners.
Dr K Mahadev, an orthopedic surgeon and the member of planning, monitoring and evaluation board of University of Mysore alleges that Vidyahshankar who is the vice-chancellor of Karnataka State Open University has many criminal cases against him. In fact Mahadev has also filed a petition (a copy of which is with IE.com) in the Karnataka High Court, in May this year accusing Vidyashankar of malpractice and corruption.
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Mysuru, Sept 26: President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated Dasara festivities by offering floral tributes to the deity, Chamundeshwari, atop Chamundi hills near Mysuru Monday. In her address, Murmu said the Mysuru Dasara festival represents Indian culture and tradition.
Stating that Karnataka is a land of spirituality, the President said that Jainism and Buddhism thrived in the state, and Adi Shankaracharya established the Sringeri mutt here. Murmu also mentioned the influence of Sufi culture in Kalaburagi, and Anubhava Mantapa of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna.
She said Karnataka was leading the country in the field of Information Technology, too, by drawing nearly 53 per cent of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the sector and also topping the innovation index of NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals India Index 2020-21. Read More.
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the New campus of Indian Institute of Information Technology at Dharwad. She was accompanied by Governor of Karnataka Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, IIIT-Dharwad Chairperson Sudha Murthy.
(Express Photo by Jithendra M)
An accidental call from a coin booth has helped the Bengaluru police locate three high school girls who ran away from their homes in Karnataka earlier this month. They were found working at a Chennai factory on September 23, police said Monday.
While one of the teenagers–from St Joseph’s Convent Girls High School–was unhappy about her stepmother, another was peeved with her stepfather and the third had been disciplined by her parents for talking to her boyfriend, according to police.
Police said an astrologer had advised the first girl to be careful. “Her father has two wives and she was the daughter of his second wife. Wary of her stepmother, the girl feared she was in some sort of danger,” an officer involved in the investigation said. Soon after they ran away from home on September 6. Read More.
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the state government to furnish written submissions in the petition challenging the probe in the alleged video-leak extortion case of former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.
A sexual assault complaint was filed against Jarkiholi after a video got leaked and telecast on some news channels in February 2021. It led to his resignation as minister. Jarkiholi filed a counter-complaint alleging that the video was leaked to blackmail him. The alleged victim and two others were accused by him. (PTI)
Shobamma was given a deadline to cough up a fine of Rs 60,000 by October 1 after her son touched a pole during a religious procession of the village. The offence: Shobamma belongs to a Dalit family.
Governor of Karnataka Thaawarchand Gehlot along with President Droupadi Murmu attended the Felicitation function "Poura Sanmana" organized by The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal corporation. CM Basavaraj Bommai & other dignitaries were also present.
(Express Photo by Jithendra M)
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday heard a petition by microblogging platform Twitter against the Central government's orders asking it to block some accounts, URLs and tweets.
Twitter had challenged the orders on grounds of violation of freedom of speech and the authorities not issuing notice to the alleged violators before asking Twitter to take down content.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had on September 1 filed a 101-page statement of objection to Twitter's petition. (PTI)
Bengaluru-based Ashoka Trust for Research and the Environment (ATREE) Monday said that its researchers have initiated the restoration of the Thamirabarani river, which originates from the Pothigai hills of the Western Ghats in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
ATREE has associated with Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) Bengaluru, Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society and the Tirunelveli district administration for the restoration project named TamiraSES. ATREE said that it prepared a detailed project report (DPR) of the restoration. Read More.
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday called upon countrymen to resolve for making India fully developed and "Aatmanirbhar" (self-reliant) by the time the nation celebrates centenary year of its independence. The President was addressing at a felicitation function ‘Poura Sanmana' (civic honour) organised by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation in her honour.
"The whole country is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (75 years of Independence), this celebration will be incomplete without paying respects to and remembering our great freedom fighters, who laid down their lives for the freedom of the motherland. I pay my respects to them," Murmu said. (PTI)
Karnataka Minister of School Education, Literacy and Sakala BC Nagesh talks about controlling the learning loss in schools, the hijab row and textbook revision. This session was moderated by Sanath Prasad, Senior Sub-Editor, The Indian Express.
Nagesh said, "The stand taken by the government was upheld by the three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court. The Karnataka Education Act clearly says no religious practice can be allowed in the school. So how come six students, who were following the rules and regulations of the Act all along, suddenly felt they had to wear the hijab the next day onwards? Who supported them? We fought only to uphold the Act."
Read the complete interview.