Karnataka mounts pressure on Centre to hold bank exams in Kannada; DyCM writes to Jaitley

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August 16, 2018

Bengaluru, Aug 16: The Karnataka government has urged the Centre once again to take necessary steps to conduct banking exams by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) in Kannada language too.

In September 2017, then Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah had written to Union finance minister Arun Jaitley asking him to direct the IBPS to hold examinations in all 22 languages, including Kannada. Now Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara has written a letter to Jaitley requesting the same.

In his letter, Mr. Parameshwara also pointed out instances of customers being denied banking services in their mother tongue, as challans, application forms, procedural documents and ATM kiosks are available only in English and Hindi.

He said that this was not the first time that this demand was made. Earlier, Siddaramaiah and the Kannada Development Authority chairman SG Siddaramaiah, among others had also demanded for it.

He said that it goes against the very spirit of federalism and the interests of not just the people of Karnataka, but those from other states as well and urged the Finance Minister to take up the issue immediately.

The CyCM stated that this is a “systematic discrimination”, which is creating social tension in the state’s banks. “I sincerely hope this letter will not be met with the same fate that the previous letters have met," he added.

G Parameshwara suggested that the bank officials in the state, who are not proficient in Kannada, must be directed to gain proficiency within a timeframe and later assessed as well. Their retention must be subject to passing this assessment. This will also make it easier for the people of Karnataka to contribute more proactively to the success of various schemes launched by the Centre, to achieve total financial inclusion in the country, he said.

In April 2017, the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) had argued that the current system goes against Kannadigas, with non-Kannadigas gaining the upper hand and therefore has asked the then Chief Minister to stop the exams until they are held in Kannada.

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How it possible if other state students opted Karnataka as exam centre and work place (vacancy) for them and choosing some banks like karnataka bank

Kannada compulsory make people lazy than comforatable. They have to compete other state students.

It may affect other state job seekers.

DyCM spoiling student. They should learn Englisah properly. Kannada can be must in schools and PUC.

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Mangaluru: Youth who underwent pilot training kills self

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 2: A youth who was on job hunt committed suicide by hanging from the roof of his house in Maroli on Wednesday.

32-year-old Advaita Shetty taken pilot training and looking for a job, According to sources, he had come back to his native place, Maroli, three days ago.

The exact reason behind this extreme step is not known yet.

Kankanady town police have registered a case in this regard.

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Bajrang Dal leader turned anti-Sangh Parivar crusader Mahendra Kumar dies of cardiac arrest

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April 25,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 25: Bajrang Dal's former Karantaka satate convenor Mahendra Kumar, who dedicated last decade of his life to expose the misdeeds and lies of Sangh Parivar, passed away today due to cardiac arrest here. He was 47 years old.

Kumar was undergoing treatment at Ramaiah hospital Bengaluru where he breathed his last today (April 25) morning. His final rites will be held in his hometown, sources said.

Kumar, who hailed from Koppa in Chikkamagaluru was a resident of Bengaluru.

He had reportedly involved in the 2008 attacks on Christians' places of worship in Mangaluru and Chikkamagaluru and had faced arrest for that.

However, he quit Bajrang Dal same year and the apologized to Christians. He joined Janata Dal (Secular) in 2011.

After quitting Bajrang Dal and adopting left ideology, he openly attacked the ideology of right-wing outfits.

He founded Jana Dhwani movement as a voice for the oppressed classes of the state. He used social media to attack the "manuvaad" for past one decade.

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Rest in peace.....Sir

who will take over his job, who will fulfill his wishes to free this country from manuvad..?

GOD will turn the table for his good work at the last moment...we really lost good voice who is to support humanity...

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Karnataka govt puts on hold decision to drop some chapters from social science textbooks

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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