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Parmesh Jain

It is a day to resolve for adopting Kanakadasa’s Principles,Tripadis(three lined poems) and literature in life, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

He was speaking to media persons after garlanding the portrait of the saint poet in Legislators’ Hostel premises as part of Kanakadasa Jayanthi on Monday.

Kanakadasa is the greatest among the Dasa saint poets.His contribution for Kannada Dasa literature is immense.

He was a great philosopher,social reformer who propagated the ideals of social equality and universal brotherhood, Bommai said.

Kanakadasa who was born at Shiggavi made Kaginele as his Karmabhoomi.He enlightened the masses about the true meaning of life through his Dasa Padas to eradicate caste and class barriers in the society.

His literature including Ramadhanya Charitha is a beacon of light in the path of our life, Bommai said.

Sangolli Rayanna Sainik School

A palace and memorial has been built at Kaginele to spread his philosophy.Similarly a tomb and museum is being built in honour of Sangolli Rayanna who fought gallantly against the British.

A Sainik School in the name of Sangolli Rayanna is also being built at a cost of Rs230cr to inspire patriotism and discipline among the youth.

We intend to hand it over to the Defence Ministry after completing the works and I have held talks with Defence minister Rajnath Singh in this regard,” Bommai said.

Parmesh Jain

A 46-year-old receptionist at GKVK was hacked to death at his house in Yelahanka new town by a gang of four armed men for allegedly molesting his minor daughter.  

The deceased has been identified as,Deepak Kumar Singh,46,hailing from Bihar.

The police have detained five persons including a 17 year old daughter for questioning.

The murder came to lighy when both the girls ran to the neighbouring house in Attur layout at around 1.30 am and knocked the door informing that their father has been attacked.

The residents rushed to the help and saw Deepak Kumar Singh in a pool of blood.The Yelahanka new town police rushed to the spot and conducted a detailed probe .

The girls told the police that a gang of four armed youths barged into the house and attacked their father with lethal weapons while one of them threatened them with a sword not to shout.

Repeated questioning about the incident led the police to suspect the involvement of eldest daughter and questioned her to reveal the plot behind the murder.

Senior officer told reporters that the deceased Deepak Singh is native of Bihar and living with his wife and two daughters aged 14 and 11 years old.

Singh’s wife was away and had gone to her native when the incident occurred.The deceased was molesting the eldest daughter and even the wife was aware of this and the couple had fought and were not on good terms,a senior police officer said .

The eldest daughter studying Ist PU had shared her harrowing experience with her friend and classmates who were enraged and decided to teach him a lesson.

We have secured the accused and recovered the weapon along with the victim of sexual assault and conspirator of murder,the officer said adding that the accused would be produced before the JJ board for further legal action.

Betul (MP): Apparently upset over missing his school bus, a class 9 student committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

This incident occurred on Monday at Aamdoh village under the Ghodadongri police post, located 40 km away from the Betul district headquarters.

“A 14-year-old boy, who was the student of class 9 in a private school, committed suicide by hanging on Monday,” said Ghodadongri police post in charge Ravi Shakya.

He said the boy had left him home for school but missed the bus.

“His family members told the police that he was very punctual about attending his school. He was upset after he missed the bus,” the police officer said.

According to his family members, he returned home crying on Monday. He was later found hanging from a tree in the backyard of his house, Shakya said.

The deceased boy’s uncle said he was very good in studies.

“He was found hanging from a mango tree in the backyard still wearing his school uniform,” he said.

Teenagers sometimes take such extreme steps under pressure from their parents to excel in their studies. Besides, too much exposure to social media may also trigger such tendencies, a child specialist said.

Idukki: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday morning opened one shutter of Mullaperiyar dam due to rising water levels in the reservoir following heavy rains there, the district administration here said.

Tamil Nadu had announced it would be raising the shutter at 8.00 AM by 30 centimetre to release 397 cusecs of water, a release by the Idukki District administration said and asked residents on both sides of the Periyar to be vigilant.

The water level in the reservoir at 8.00 AM had reached 141.40 feet. 

Ujjain (MP}: Bowing to protest by seers in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, the IRCTC on Monday evening said it will change the saffron attire of waiters on board the Ramayan Express, which had invited the ire of a section of sadhus.

The seers, earlier in the day, had taken strong objection to the saffron attire of waiters on board the IRCTC-operated Ramayan Express and dubbed it as an “insult” to Hindu religion.

They had threatened to stop the train in Delhi on December 12 if the dress code was not withdrawn.

We have written a letter two days back to the Union Railway Minister lodging our protest against waiters in saffron serving refreshments and food in the Ramayan Express.

“Donning saffron attire with sadhu-like headgear and wearing ‘malas’ (necklaces) of ‘rudraksha’ (sacred seeds) is an insult to Hindu religion and its seers, Ujjain Akhada Parishad’s former general secretary Avdeshpuri told PTI.

He said seers will stop the train at Delhi’s Safdarjung railway station if the saffron dress code of the waiters was not changed, adding it was necessary for protecting the Hindu religion.

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), in a retweet to a media outlet which ran this agency report, said, It is to inform that the dress of service staff is completely changed in the look of professional attire of service staff.

When contacted for his reaction on the IRCTC announcement about the change in attire, a delighted Avdeshpuri said, “It is a victory of (Hindu) religion and ‘sanskriti’ (culture)” and that it was his duty to raise the issue.

Ujjain city, where the famous Shree Mahakaleshwar temple of Lord Shiva is located, hosts Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years.

The country’s first Ramayan circuit train chugged off on a 17-day journey from the Safdarjung railway station on November 7, and will visit 15 places associated with the life of Lord Ram.

Covering a distance of more than 7,500 km, the train will take the pilgrims to places such as Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Nandigram, Janakpur, Chitrakoot, Sitamarhi, Nashik, Hampi and Rameshwaram.

The Ramayan Express is equipped with first-class restaurants, a library and shower cubicles.

Bhopal: BJP leader Uma Bharti on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sudden announcement to repeal the three controversial farm laws left her speechless as the move reflected failure of party workers to communicate properly benefits of the legislations to cultivators.

The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, who took to Twitter to react to the dramatic announcement made late last week, said the farmers of India have never been satisfied with any of the government’s measures so far.

I have been at the banks of Ganga in Varanasi for the past four days. I was left speechless following the PM’s announcement on November 19 about repealing farm laws, so I responded three days late, Bharti tweeted.

The former Union minister said what the PM said while making the announcement to roll-back the three agri-marketing laws left people like her feeling distressed.

She said, It was the inadequacy of us BJP workers if the Prime Minister @narendramodi ji could not explain the importance of agricultural laws to the farmers. Why we could not communicate (the importance of laws) properly to the farmers? The BJP leader the PM is a deep thinker who goes to the root of a problem to solve it.

We could not face the constant propaganda of the opposition regarding the agricultural laws. That’s why I was getting very upset by the address of the Prime Minister on that day, she said in another tweet.

While terming Modi as her leader, Bharti said the PM’s style of functioning which is characterized by mutual coordination is unprecedented in world’s political and democratic history.

In another set of tweets, Bharti, while pointing to her family’s agricultural background, said, The farmers of India have not been satisfied with any government effort till date. I am from a farmer family. My two elder brothers are still dependent on agriculture. I have constant communication with them. I have a lively connection with my native village. She said getting fertilisers, seeds and electricity on time and opportunity to sell foodgrains on their own terms can bring happiness to farmers.

Dubai: UAE Princess Hend bint Faisal Al-Qasimi, earlier last week lashed out at an organizer for inviting Zee News anchor and Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary to UAE for an event.

The princess of the Royal Qasimi family of Sharjah expressed her reservations against the ICAI Abudhabi Chapter for inviting Chaudhary for an event, despite his role in promoting Islamophobia through his TV shows.

She later shared a letter by the members of the ICAI Abu Dhabi Chapter in which they urged the committee to drop Sudhir from the list of speakers and claimed that Sudhir Chaudhary was dropped from the list of speakers at the event.

However, Abu Dhabi-based Chartered Accountant from Mangaluru, Abdulla Madumoole who is also a member of the ICAI Abudhabi Chapter replied to the tweet clarifying that Sudhir was not dropped from the list.

He added “Our team met the Abu Dhabi Chapter officials a while ago, they said it is too late and can’t be dropped.” (SIC).

Vartha Bharati contacted Abdulla Madumoole and confirmed the developments. He said “Sudheer will be coming. He is not dropped from the panel of speakers. I spoke to their officials today but they expressed their inability to drop him from the list.”

Hend had addressed Chaudhary as a “terrorist” while reminding the event organizer how the controversial TV anchor had been defaming Islam and Muslims through his debate shows.

“How dare you invite an Islamophobe to my peaceful country?” she wrote in one of her tweets on Saturday.

“In 2019 & 2020, Sudhir Chaudhry ran shows on Zee News where he spewed venom against Muslims for leading anti-citizenship bill protests. He ran fake stories, targeting Muslim students and women for leading the citizenship protest in Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi & other parts of the country.” She further added.

She then added, “Sudhir Chaudhary is a Hindu rightwing anchor known for his deeply Islamophobic shows that target India’s 200 million Muslims. Many of his prime time shows have directly contributed to real-world violence against Muslims across the country.”

She had also tagged the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to ask, “Why are you bringing an intolerant terrorist to the UAE?!”