U'khand: Fire destroys hotel in Mussoorie
Dehradun (PTI): A major fire broke out early Sunday at a hotel in Uttarakhand's Mussoorie, destroying it completely, police said.
Three hotel staff, who were trapped inside at the time of the blaze, have been rescued safely, Mussoorie Station House Officer Shankar Singh told PTI.
There were no guests at the Rink Pavilion hotel as it was being renovated, he said.
Fire tenders were rushed to the spot both from Dehradun and Mussoorie. It took fire-fighters nearly four hours to douse the fire, Mussoorie Circle Officer Anil Joshi said.
Prima facie, a short circuit appears to have caused the fire, he said.
VIDEO | Fire breaks out at Sidus Rink Hotel in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand; several fire tenders rushed to the spot. More details are awaited. pic.twitter.com/scsZQBDlnR
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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.
