PM Modi continues to ignore Karnataka’s pleas on language policy

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November 2, 2017

Bengaluru, Nov 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not yet responded to Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah’s two letters seeking a national education policy, promoting the mother tongue as the medium of instruction in schools.

"It is the constitutional obligation of the state to provide compulsory education to children in the age group of 6-14. We have been urging the Centre to formulate a national education policy to impart school education in the mother tongue. I had written twice to the prime minister, requesting him to take steps to bring in the constitutional amendment required for the new policy. However, there is no reply from him," Siddaramaiah said during an address on AIR to the people of Karnataka on the occasion of Rajyotsava.

The chief minister, however, said he would write to the prime minister yet again. Siddaramaiah's reiterations on the language policy come at a time when his government is protesting against the Centre's alleged intention to impose Hindi on states, and the language issue is taking a political colour in the run-up to the assembly elections.

Siddaramaiah, however, said his love for Kannada had nothing to do with politics. "I am born a lover of Kannada.I started my political career as chairman on the Kannada monitoring committee (Kannada Kaavalu Samithi) and have never compromised on protecting the interests of the language. For me, Kannada is not about politics," he said.

"We are not against Hindi or English. But imposing other languages at the expense of Kannada is not acceptable. When Kannada outfits raised their voice against the imposition of Hindi on Namma Metro, we spoke to the Centre and got the two-language policy of English and Kannada implemented," he said.

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Sandesh
 - 
Thursday, 2 Nov 2017

Why should BJP accept cong policies that also in Karnataka. If it is in Gujarat, its ok

Mohan
 - 
Thursday, 2 Nov 2017

No Kumar.. They dont have. They need to do the policy as their own idea. Thats why they are waiting as feku did cong policies now by changing names

Kumar
 - 
Thursday, 2 Nov 2017

BJP has some hope if modi accept the language policy.

Abdullah
 - 
Thursday, 2 Nov 2017

He is Busy with Ambani, Adhani, .....Etc.He never care about poor people Burden.

 

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July 12,2020

Tumakuru, Jul 12: A four-year-old boy was killed by a leopard at Rajendrapur hamlet at Hasige Hobli village near Huliyurdurga in Kunigal taluk.

Police said on Sunday that this was the third such attack by big cats in the district in a span of six months.

Forest officials said that the boy had gone with his mother to wash clothes at a tank and the animal attacked him while playing there on Saturday late evening. 

A passerby who witnessed the incident scared the animal, it escaped leaving the boy’s body behind.

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April 18,2020

Dubai, Apr 18: A 47-year-old Indian worker has allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of a building here, according to a media report.

Ashokan Purushotaman, a native of Kollam in Kerala, cut the arteries in his legs and jumped from the third floor of a building in the city's Jebel Ali area on Friday, the Gulf News reported.

Purushotaman succumbed to his injuries in Rashid Hospital.

Meanwhile, Dubai Police has rejected reports that Purushotaman killed himself because he had coronavirus. Personal reasons were cited as the cause for suicide.

“His suicide is not related to COVID-19. The building is clean and there are no infection cases there. He committed suicide due to personal reasons,” director of Jebel Ali police station Brigaider Adel Al Suwaidi told the Gulf News.

Consul-General of India Vipul confirmed Purushotaman's death. “We are yet to get more information. Considering the death was of unnatural circumstances, authorities will conduct due forensic tests and provide us with more details," Vipul told the daily.

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June 28,2020

Mangaluru, June 28: In his apparent bid to win the hearts of the people of Tulu Nadu while leaving this coastal city, Dr P S Harsha, the outgoing Mangaluru city police commissioner, today took to social media and thanked the people. The language he chose for his prolonged Facebook post and one paragraph tweet was Tulu.

“Loveable people of Kudla! I have received the transfer order after serving as the Commissioner of Police of Mangaluru City for 11 months. (During this period) I worked with utmost honesty and pro-people approach with the complete cooperation of my department. I wholeheartedly thank all those who supported me,” tweeted Dr Harsha, who is now posted in Bengaluru as the Deputy Inspector General and Commissioner of Information and Public Relations.

In his Facebook post, Dr Harsha claimed that thanks to his initiative “My Beat My Pride”, the policing in the coastal city has strengthened. 

“My only intention was to put an end to rowdyism and illegal activities. I had given priority to curb the drug mafia. ‘My Beat My Pride’ became a successful initiative thanks to public support,” he said. 

The IPS officer went on to claim that with the with the co-operation of the senior officers, the police department managed to efficiently handle situations during anti-CAA and pro-CAA agitations in the city, detection of explosives at Mangaluru International Airport and also during the covid-19 pandemic. 

However, he did not mention about the death of two people in random police firing following a baton charge during anti-CAA protests in the city on December 19.

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MP
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020

power is not permenant. 2 innocents were killed in mangalore,  if it was in USA the cop would have been in jail.

 

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