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'Pankti bheda' is there in Dharmasthala too; Why you targeting us: Pejawar seer

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October 13, 2016

Udupi, Oct 13: Nearly a week after speakers at the Chalo Udupi valedictory ceremony exhorted the Dalits to storm Udupi's Krishna Mutt if it fails to end pankti bheda', Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt has threatened to go on an indefinite fast.

pejawarAddressing media persons here on Thursday, he said that some persons at the Chalo Udupi' programme on Sunday have tried to mislead Dalits and asked them to lay siege to the historic mutt. “Now it is the duty of the government to provide security to the mutt,” he said.

While addressing the Swabhimani Sangarsha Samavesha, the valedictory programme of Chalo Udupi' on Sunday, social activist and Chalo Una organiser Jignesh Mevani gave a deadline of two months for Udupi mutts to stop the ugly practice of pankti bheda.

If it did not stop, the activists would lay siege to the mutt, Mr. Mevani had said.

The seer on Thursday questioned why activists are targeting only Udupi Mutt while pankti bheda is in practice at Dharmasthala, Sringeri and Kukke Subrahmanya temples.

He said that Dalits, Backward Class people and Brahmins were being served food at Udupi Mutt together without any discrimination. But for some traditional Brahmins food is being served separately, he added.

The seer said that Udupi Chalo had been organised to condemn the violence by gau rakshakas (cow protectors). He had already condemned the violence by such rakshakas, he said, adding that the mutt has been drawn into this controversy unnecessarily.

The seer questioned the link between pankti bedha and violence by gau rakshakas.

The seer alleged that some intellectuals were trying to divide the Hindu community by spreading hateredness between Dalits and Brahmins. They are also trying to divide Muslims and Brahmins, the seer added.

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KalliValli Khan
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Friday, 14 Oct 2016

Finally he had to expose the real face of Hindu dharma and its temples.

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July 30,2020

Mangaluru, July 30: The Social Democratic Party of India has condemned the move by the state government to drop a lesson on legendary Mysuru rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the class 7 textbook.

The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapter from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent.

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

In a media release statement, SDPI State President Ilyas Mohammed Thumbe termed the move as communally motivated. “By dropping the lesson, the BJP-led government is engaged in saffronisation of education,” he alleged.

He said that Tipu was the most prominent freedom fighter, who had given priority to irrigation, rocket technology and harmony. The BJP government is also planning to scrap lessons on the Constitution, secularism and democracy. By twisting history, the BJP is trying to mislead the younger generation, he added.

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February 6,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 6: A flower vendor from Channapatna town in Karnataka got a shock of his life when he found a credit of Rs 30 crore in his wife's bank account. This happened when Syed Malik Burhan was struggling to meet expenses for a medical emergency in the family.

According to reports, bank officials knocked on his doors on December 2 asking him to explain how the money came to his account.

"On December 2, they came searching our house. They only said a huge amount has been deposited in my wife's (Rehana) account and then asked me to come to the Bank along with my wife carrying Aadhaar card," Mr Burhan said.

He claimed that the Bank staff sought to exert pressure on him to sign on a document but he refused. Mr Burhan recalled that he had purchased a saree through an online portal following which he received a call seeking his bank details which, he was told, were needed as he had won a car.

"Since then, we are running from pillars to post to find out how the money came to our account. We had only Rs 60 but suddenly such huge money came, which we are unable to understand," said Mr Burhan.

Mr Burhan said he had lodged a complaint with the Income Tax department, which he claimed was not keen on investigating it initially. Based on his complaint, the Channapatna town police in Ramanagara district registered a case of forgery and impersonation under the IPC besides the Information Technology Act for cheating and impersonation on January nine.

According to police, there were many financial transactions, which Mr Burhan may be unaware of. "We are trying to find out what these transactions mean. We will arrest whoever is behind it. We will not spare them," said a police officer in Channapatna.

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July 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 22: A total of 4,764 new COVID-19 cases and 55 deaths were reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours.

Out of the new cases, 2,050 cases were reported in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The total number of active cases stands at 47,069, said the state Health Department.

Death toll rises to 1,519 in the state.

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