61st Karnataka Rajyotsava: CM pushes for primacy of regional languages

November 1, 2016

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Pitching for supremacy of regional languages, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today pushed for the state's demand to make it the medium of instruction for primary education.

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Speaking at the 61st Karnataka Rajyotsava (state formation day) celebration event here, he urged the Prime Minister to call a meeting of Chief Ministers of all states and bring an amendment to the Constitution to this effect.

"I have written two letters to the Prime Minister.I have also written to all Chief Ministers because the Supreme Court's order is causing a threat to all regional languages," Siddaramaiah said.

The Chief Minister said he had also met the Prime Minister in this regard.

"We have to bring an amendment to the Constitution.It has to get declared in Parliament that regional languages are supreme in states.. amendments should be brought to make changes to the Supreme Court order. So Prime Minister has to call a meeting of Chief Ministers of all states and decide," he said.

"I will continue to make this demand," he said, adding most language and education experts had opined that the mother tongue should be the medium of instruction in primary schools.

Siddaramaiah said it would help in development of regional languages and also mental development of children.

In May 2014, the Supreme Court while hearing the issue before it challenging two Karnataka Government Orders of 1994, making the mother tongue or regional language compulsory to impart education from Class I to IV, had held that the government cannot impose mother tongue on linguistic minority for imparting primary education.

The CM said the state government had announced a language policy in 1994, "which was questioned by unaided educational institutions in courts, where we had to face a setback."

"Despite appealing against it, we did not get justice. We made all possible efforts, but this was an order passed by the Constitution bench. As the Supreme Court is final, we cannot appeal in any other courts," he added.

Pointing out that the state government was taking all steps to protect and encourage Kannada, Siddaramaiah said, "It is our mother tongue; it is language of this land, this soil.

"Showing our Kannadiga pride just on November 1 or in this month is not enough, it should be a continuous process."

Recalling Karnataka's united fight on the Cauvery water issue, Siddaramaiah said, "Power may come or go. It is not permanent, but the land, water, culture and language of this state are paramount."

"It is our responsibility to protect even at the cost of power and the state government is committed to it".

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Mr. Siddaramaiah, you are very right. The local languages should be the medium of instruction in primary schools. Karnataka has Kannada, Konkani, and Tulu that are recognized languages of Karnataka state.
With the present trend, children are forced to learn English and Hindi and completely lose interest over their mother tongue. It is high time this matter is addressed. Our neighbouring states of Taml Nadu and Kerala are better placed.
Karnataka is with you sir.

Ban Hindi in Karnataka; it is just anther regional language they are imposing on us leading to Hindi imperialism on Non Hindi speaking states. And those Hindi people do not care to learn any other Indian languages, instead they want others to learn their language for their convenience and comfort. Just ban Hindi in Karnataka permanently before it becomes a predator language.

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BSY requests Maha govt to release 6 TMC water in view of drought in North Karnataka

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May 3,2020

Bengaluru, May 3: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa requested his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray to release six TMC water from his state's reservoirs to rivers in Karnataka to meet acute drinking water shortage in North Karnataka.

Yediyurappa pointed out that the North Karnataka districts, namely Belagavi, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Kalaburagi, Yadagiri and Raichur are facing acute shortage of drinking water due to onset of summer during early days of March this year.

"I request you to kindly direct the concerned authorities to release 3 TMC of water from Warna/Koyna reservoirs to Krishna river and 3 TMC of water from Ujjaini reservoir to Bhima river on humanitarian grounds for drinking purpose," Yediyurappa said in his letter.

He reminded Thackeray that even in the past the Maharashtra government had released water from its reservoirs to meet the drinking water needs of both human beings and livestock in drought-affected areas of Karnataka.

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8 tourists from Kerala found dead in Nepal resort

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January 21,2020

Kochi, Jan 21: Eight tourists from Kerala were found dead in a resort at Daman in Makwanpur district of Nepal, reports said. The dead include a couple and four minor children.

The deceased were identified as Praveen Kumar Nair (39), Saranya (34), Ranjith Kumar T.B (39), Indu Ranjith (34), Sreebhadra (9), Abhinav Soorya (9), Abhi Nair (7) and Vaishnav Ranjith (2).

The deceased are from Chengottukonam in Thiruvananthapuram and Kundamangalam in Kozhikode. Praveen, a travel enthusiast hailing from Chengottukonam, went on the Nepal trip with his wife, three children and friends from Kochi, last week.

“They were using a gas heater in the room. Suffocation might have caused their death,” said superintendent of police Sushil Singh Rathore of the District Police Office in Makwanpur, news agencies reported.

According to newspaper reports here, the deaths occurred at a resort named Everest Panorama. They were airlifted to HAMS hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival, superintendent of police Sushil Singh Rathaur said.

They were part of a group of 15 people travelling from Kerala to Pokhara, a popular mountain tourist destination, The Himalayan Times reported.

They were on their way back home and stayed at Everest Panorama resort in Daman in Makawanpur district on Monday night.

The tourists are suspected to have died of asphyxiation after turning on the gas heater and shutting all the windows to keep warm. Hotel staff opened the room using duplicate keys as there was no response from the rooms when the other members of the group went to check on them.

According to the manager of the resort, the guests stayed in a room and turned on a gas heater to keep themselves warm. Although they had booked a total of four suites, eight of them stayed in a room, the manager said, adding that all the windows and the door of the room were bolted from inside.

“All arrangements have been made to bring the bodies to Kerala at the earliest. The Union government is coordinating with the Indian Embassy in Nepal. A doctor from the Indian embassy will be present during the post mortem. Other members of the group are being brought to Kathmandu by road,” said Union minister V Muraleedharan.

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that NORKA will coordinate with Nepal authorities to bring dead bodies.

“Embassy officials are at the government hospital where a post mortem is being done. Formalities will be completed at the earliest and arrangements are in place to bring dead bodies by Wednesday evening. State government is in constant contact with Nepal authorities,” said Kadakampally Surendran, tourism minister.

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