Telangana girl climbs tower to marry lover
Hyderabad, July 13 : Climbing mobile phone towers by men to press for their demands is not uncommon but a girl in Telangana climbed on a tower to demand that she be married to her lover.
The incident occurred on Friday in Valigonda village in Yadadri Bhongir district of Telangana.
According to police, P. Jyothi climbed on the tower, threatening to jump down if R. Bhaskar was not brought there to marry her.
Jyothi and Bhaskar were in love for seven years but she alleged that he recently started ignoring her and moving with another girl.
Jyothi, who is said to have quit her job in a software company in Hyderabad, created flutter by climbing on the tower and sitting at a height of about 40 feet. Police made frantic efforts to persuade her to come down while large number of villagers gathered at the spot.
After keeping the police and the village on the edge for more than three hours, the girl came down when police assured to look into the matter. She demanded that justice be done to her as Bhaskar had gone back on his promise to marry her. She alleged that he was moving with another girl.
Jyothi had been staging sit-in outside Bhaskar's house for three days. However, he and his family members locked the house and left the village.
The two fell in love while studying in a college. She claimed that she cut off the relations with her family members to marry him.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
