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Silver 'ratha' formally handed over to Kudroli temple

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March 2, 2011

Mangalore, March 2: Amid various rituals, Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra at Kudroli on Wednesday received a splendid gift, a silver chariot offered by an affluent family in the presence of former minister B Janardhana Poojary and a galaxy of priests.

The ratha was formally dedicated to the temple on the auspicious vrashaba lagnam muhurtha of 12:42 pm coinciding with the period when the annual festival of the temple and Maha Shivarathri festivities, that is being observed with traditional fervour and gaiety.

Gifted to the Sri Kshetra by Ramesh Kumar, Urmila Ramesh Kumar and family, the 4,500 kg ratha had been brought to the Kshetra with pomp and splendour on February 18.

The ratha measures 18.5 feet tall and is 8.5 metres in diameter. The craftsmen who have manufactured this ratha have used 225 kg of silver.

Later, the idol of the presiding deity was carried on the silver ratha, which was followed by 'ratha pooja', 'ratharohana', 'ratha bali' rituals and performance of a 'Mangalarathi'.

Harikrishna Bantwal, spokesperson of the Kshetra, said the idea of donating the ratha was as per the wishes of the Ramesh Kumar family. “Now, the temple management has become the custodian of this offering made by the family in fulfilment of their wishes,” he said.

The ratha with its intricate carvings has become an additional attraction of the Kshetra which has many other attractions for the devotees thronging there.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) reduced the syllabi for Classes 9 to 12 due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government has followed the suit. The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapters on legendary south Indian rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan 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. 

The trimmed textbooks uploaded on the website of the Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT) by Karnataka state Textbook Society revealed removal of chapters on Tipu Sultan for the seventh grade.

Justifying the decision, officials said, "students study similar chapters in Class 6 and more in the 10th grade." Yet another senior official from the Text Book Society said, "Trimming does not mean we have removed half of the syllabus from textbooks. It is only keeping in mind the repetition we have condensed the chapters. In case students study about a particular dynasty in higher grades, then the same had been removed from lower grades."

A few months ago, there was an uproar over dropping of content on Tipu Sultan and MLAs from the ruling BJP also demanded the same and petitioned to the Chief Minister. Even an expert committee led by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa suggested to not drop any content on the historic figure. However, the department still decided to drop lessons from one of the classes while keeping the syllabus short for the next 120 active academic days.

Earlier this month, a controversy had erupted over the CBSE's decision to omit topics like federalism, secularism, citizenship, etc while reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12. The education board had issued a detailed clarification later, stating that topics claimed to be dropped "are either being covered by the rationalised syllabus or in the Alternative Academic Calendar of NCERT".

"The rationalisation of syllabus up to 30 per cent has been undertaken by the Board for nearly 190 subjects of class 9 to 12 for the academic session 2020-21 as a one-time measure only. The objective is to reduce the exam stress of students due to the prevailing health emergency situation and prevent learning gaps," it said.

Last week, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh expressed its concern over 'deliberate and systematic' deletions of chapters related to the freedom struggle and the party's role in it from the Class 10-12 syllabi of the Secondary Education Board.

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January 25,2020

Udupi, Jan 25: The accused, who planted a crude bomb at the Mangalore International Airport on January 20, was brought to Udupi on Saturday, to collect information, as part of the spot investigation, police said here.

According to police officials, accused Aditya Rao was brought to Karnataka Bank Kadiyali branch, where Rao had a Safe Locker. The team opened the locker and seized the documents, along with a Box.

They said the seized documents, along with the Box, will be sent to the FSL for investigation.

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March 19,2020

New Delhi, Mar 19: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the validity of Karnataka's 2018 reservation law, which granted reservation in promotion to employees belonging to SC and ST categories.

A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud holds that applications filed by a group of general category employees for applying 'post-based quota' and the principle of the creamy layer at entry-level in public employment are not maintainable.

The apex court had, in November last year, reserved its order on the applications filed by general category candidates in the matter.

In May last year, the top court had upheld the law allowing reservations in promotions for SC and ST candidates with consequential seniority.

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