Chikkaballapura, Oct 28: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Dr Ashwath Narayana on Monday ruled out the possibilities of celebrating the birth anniversary of erstwhile Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan by the state government.
Speaking to media here, the senior BJP leader said that those who want to celebrate Tipu Sultan Jayanti are free to do so but the state government will not as the Mysore ruler had unleashed terror against a particular community.
Mangaluru, Jan 25: Orange vendor Harekala Hajabba, popularly known as 'Akshara Santha' (the saint of alphabets), who went on to build a school at Newpadpu village on the city’s outskirts in 1999 is among this year’s Padma Shri awardees.
When Hajabba received the call on being nominated for the award, he was standing in a queue to buy rations.
As he is not fluent in Hindi, Hajabba handed over the phone to an auto driver, who conveyed the news that the Padma Shri award will be conferred on him.
The unlettered achiever set up a primary school from his meagre savings of Rs 150 per day, selling oranges in Mangaluru.
“The first time I felt bad for being an illiterate was when a foreigner enquired about the price of oranges in English. I did not know what he meant. So, I decided to start a school in my village,” Hajabba had said during a felicitation programme.
When Hajabba decided to start a school, he did not get any support. He started the school with 28 children.
The school today has been upgraded to a composite high school and is catering to the educational needs of hundreds of children in and around Newpadpu.
He ran from pillar to post in the Zilla Panchayat to make his dream come true. All cash awards he had received went into building the school. The United Christians Association, moved by the sight of his dilapidated house, built a 760-square-foot house costing Rs 15 lakh for him.
Hajabba’s life was prescribed for the syllabus of three universities - Davangere, Kuvempu and Mangalore. His success story is also included in a Tulu textbook.
He won the Karnataka Rajyotsava award in 2013, Real Heroes award from TV channel CNN-IBN.
Hajabba, when contacted, said he could not believe his ears when told about the award.
New dreams
The frail vendor, in his 60s, humbly declared that he could achieve all this because of the support of all. Hajabba now dreams of upgrading the school into a full-fledged PU college.
A big Salute to him!
Great effort,
Where there is will, there is way
May God help him.
Bengaluru, May 12: About 101 labourers bound for Rajasthan from Bengaluru in a goods truck were detained near a border Checkpost at Hirebagewadi village in Belagavi taluk on the Pune-Bengaluru national highway and have been sent into institutional quarantine on Tuesday.
Police said that the Labourers comprising of men, women and children had been travelling towards Rajasthan in a goods truck without permission from Karnataka and even from their home State Rajasthan.
In the morning hours, police and other department personnel manning the check post near...check post near Hirebagewadi detained them.
Mangaluru, Mar 30: Indira Canteens and Kadiri Manjunatha Temple here have started distributing food packets to the poor, stranded labours, destitute and needy in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.
''We have prepared over 2,000 food packets in the morning. The same number will be prepared in the afternoon and night for distribution," said Prabhakar Shetty from Indira canteen at Urwastore in Mangaluru on Monday.
"The MCC teams come and collect food for distribution among the poor, beggars and destitute," he added.
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Tippu sultan was the great warrior and patroit, he fought man to man and died in battle field...as a king you will get only few ruler who fought without surrender in the history of mankind, even british people admire him.
Lets come to the point, BJP and hindutva people follow savarkar idology... who is the biggest maron of 19th century and he begged for mercy 4 times and said i will lick your boot and please free me...such a third rated man he was....we all know RSS, BJP & Hindutva are marons of india...they dont have courage to stand and fight only attack poor people and there food...
we indian must bring back our lost glory...we all indian must be tippu sultan for the marons of india(RSS).
jai Hind
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