Karnataka's Divita Rai crowned LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2022 winner
Mumbai, Aug 29: Model Divita Rai from Karnataka was named the winner of LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2022.
According to a press release, Rai will represent India at the global pageant of Miss Universe.
Telangana's Pragnya Ayyagari was crowned LIVA Miss Diva Supranational 2022 and she will be India's face at the international Miss Supranational pageant. Ojasvi Sharma was adjudged the LIVA Miss Popular Choice 2022.
The winners were announced on Sunday at a ceremony here which also felicitated Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu for her win at the Miss Universe 2021 competition.
For her remarkable achievement of making India proud globally, Sandhu was awarded the Pride of India trophy by the Times of India Group ownership.
The ceremony, which marked the 10th anniversary of the coveted pageant, also celebrated the achievements of former Miss Universe Lara Dutta as well as divas such as Meher Castelino, Sangeeta Bijlani and Tanushree Dutta, among others.
Hosted by Sachin Kumbhar, the event also saw performances by Mouni Roy, Nehal Chaudasama and Ritika Khatnani.
Title sponsor for the beauty pageant was fabric brand LIVA.
The ceremony will be streamed on September 12 on Voot, the beauty pageant's exclusive streaming partner.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
