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Stop spending on festivities; focus on education, healthcare: RSS to temples

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May 2, 2016

Nagpur, May 2: After advocating for women's entry in places of worship, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wants temples to stop spending huge amount of money in cultural programmes and instead do charity.

festivitiesThe 'sangh' has appealed to the temple authorities to work for education and health facilities rather than wasting money in organising mimicry shows, fireworks, film shows and animal processions, a report published in a daily newspaper said.

J Nandakumar, publicity-incharge of the RSS, told the newspaper that lakhs of rupees are spent in magic and mimicry shows, which are showcased as cultural programmes.

He asserted that cultural programmes should be held in line with the traditions and there should be no vulgarity.

A huge stock of fireworks exploded before dawn on April 10 at the Puttingal Devi temple at Paravur town near Kollam, killing 114 people and injuring some 350 others.

RSS' new stand comes after the organistation recently said restriction on entry of women in any temple is “unfair” and management in the temples doing so should change their mentality.

RSS general secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi said, “Women go to thousands of temple across the country but in reference to some, where their entry is an issue, there is a need to change the mentality. Management of such temples should also understand this.”

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Rikaz
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Monday, 2 May 2016

RSS changing.....is it real change....wait and see....

SAKEER
 - 
Monday, 2 May 2016

R.S.S inspiring from Christian Missionary and following their Vision. Expecting R.S.S will change its ideology and educate their cadre well human being.

Ahmed
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Monday, 2 May 2016

RSS, what about \Hindu Samajothsavas\" ? how you and BJP will survive without it ?"

Jeevan Rao Peravo
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Monday, 2 May 2016

Health & Education is the path to progress and prosperity.

Pradeep
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Monday, 2 May 2016

A progressive organisation talking about reforms in religion. Time for others to follow??

Kiran Rao
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Monday, 2 May 2016

Wasting money in organizing mimicry shows, fireworks, film shows and animal processions, this must be stopped. not annadana,

Rahim khan
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Monday, 2 May 2016

Now India Will Improve..

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February 12,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 11: Renowned journalist and winner of Magsaysay award, P Sainath will be in Mangaluru on February 14 & 15 at St. Aloysius College (Autonomous). He will speak on the topic ‘Indian democracy in post liberalisation and post truth era’.

P Sainath’s two-day visit to St. Aloysius College will also feature a workshop by the veteran journalist on his rural development project PARI (People’s Archives of Rural India). It is a part of the tenth edition of Media Manthan, a National level media fest organised by the post-graduate department of Journalism and Mass Communication of St. Aloysius College.

P. Sainath is a veteran journalist and media activist who has an avid interest in rural reporting. People’s Archives of Rural India (PARI), a digital journalism platform is an initiative put forward by him which aims to document rural Indian lives and livelihood. Sainath is also a teacher who has trained over 1000 media persons across 27 years.

Media Manthan is a media festival by the PG Department of Mass Communication of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous). Besides endowment lecture and workshop by P. Sainath, the fest holds various media-related competitions for the students of various colleges from across the state.

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News Network
June 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 11: A love triangle took a violent turn when a final-year engineering student was assaulted by both her current and former lovers. She's now battling for her life in the ICU, police said. 

For the 22-year-old woman, who lives in Sidedahalli, it was a case of fast-changing relationships. She broke up with a fellow student Babith, 21, a few months ago after having dated him for four years. Four months ago, she started seeing another collegemate named Rahul, 22, and everything seemed fine. 

On June 7, she went to Rahul's house, ostensibly for his birthday party, after informing her parents. Babith got wind of it and barged into Rahul's house. The trio got into an argument, and Rahul abused and assaulted her. 

The woman decided to leave him, and went with Babith to his house in Chikkabanavara, North Bengaluru. But things didn't end there. Babith picked an argument with her. Things became so bad that he attacked her with a helmet. 

He then panicked and called her parents, asking them to take her home. When her parents arrived, they found only Babith, his mother and sister in the house. Babith's family directed them to a bedroom where she was lying motionless, with her face being badly wounded. 

When her parents demanded to know what had happened, nobody responded. They took her to a hospital where her condition remains serious. A while later, Babith came to the hospital and gave her parents the key of her scooter. He told them what had happened and allegedly warned them against filing a police complaint. 

Her mother, however, filed a complaint with the jurisdictional Soladevanahalli police. According to her, Babith had fought with her daughter at their house for not taking his phone calls six months ago. 

Shashikumar N, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), said both the men had been arrested and that further investigations are underway. 

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4 : Without mentioning any party leader's name, Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Monday appealed to Congress workers not to make any "defamatory statement" against any political leader on social media platforms.

Taking to Twitter, Shivakumar wrote, "I appeal to Congress workers not to make defamatory statements against any political leader, on matters of health and other issues on social media platforms. It is not in our culture to wish bad for others. Congress is a party that exemplifies brotherhood and humanity."

His statement comes days after Rajya Sabha MP and AICC in-charge for Gujarat, Rajiv Satav comment where he suggested that introspection in the party should begin from the time of the United Progressive Alliance -II government.

Later, Satav took to Twitter to clarify his remarks at Thursday's meeting of the party's Upper House MPs. Satav, through a series of tweets on Saturday, said he was not comfortable discussing what goes on inside party meetings in forums outside.

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