Madikeri, Oct 21: Senior BJP leader and legislature Appachu Rajan on Monday urged Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar to drop the lessons on Tipu Sultan from the school curriculum.
The MLA in a letter to the Minister has urged him to seek advice from subject experts in this regard and to include lessons on patriotism.
"The glorification of Tipu Sultan in history lessons should be done away with", the MLA urged in his letter.
Mangaluru, Jun 3: Cyclone Nisarga did not land in Karnataka and has passed its border with heavy rains and strong winds, said an official on Wednesday.
However rains continued to lash parts of coastal Karnataka. There was no report of any casualty, the official added.
"It has already passed. We have not got any reports of fatalities. A heavy rain was expected and the deputy commissioners were alerted. Fishermen too were warned," said Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) Principal Secretary T K Anil Kumar.
Kumar said Nisarga's actual landing is in Maharashtra and the warning was given for that state and Gujarat.
"In the fringe proportion (of Karnataka), high winds were expected and fishermen were warned not to venture into the sea," he said.
Kumar said the department interacted with the deputy commissioners of Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga and alerted them about heavy rains.
Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre Director Srinivas Reddy said the department has kept four National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams on standby in Mangaluru and Kodagu for any eventuality.
The teams have been mobilized from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.
"More rain is predicted in coastal districts. Wind speed too will be more in coastal areas," said Reddy.
According to a Met Department official, the track of Nisarga is expected to be 200-400km off Karnataka coast.
"Sudden wind speed had been reported along the coast. We had issued port warnings," said the official.
Mangaluru, May 8: Twenty-two students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Mudipu on the outskirts of Mangalur city, stranded in Uttara Pradesh due to lock-down reached the campus on Friday morning.
These Class 9 students (12 girls and 10 boys) had studied at JNV Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, as part of an exchange programme, 21 students of Amroha campus studied in Mudipu.
While Amroha students could return after completing their studies, the Mudipu students were among many JNV students who were unable to return because of the lock-down.
JNV Mudipu Principal V Srinivasan said the 22 students, along with escorts, reached the campus at 7.15 a.m today.
Chikkamagaluru, Jul 22: Nine staff of the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) in Koppa in the district were tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
Health officials said that these people don’t have any contacts outside as they were in the forest buffer zone. Now efforts were being made to find out how they contacted the Coronavirus.
Meanwhile, the Kalsa police station has been sealed down after four of its personnel tested positive.
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Tippu is tiger there is no dought in this...we all know who are marons nowdays....
Wa Appachu you understand the stupidity of ugly mind, fistupall you understand which you breadaed then you ask change Hindustan culture, rulers ruled their destiney as thy like, example, Mugals,Shivajis,Rajas all are did good ruling some times they did bad ruling, Tiger Tippu Sultan might have oppose Cross breeding that's why bulls opposess, but bullets support.
Ok replace Sher A Maysore with parem veer golvalkar.
Who did very much favor to bristish raaj.
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