Fun activities attract students, parents to two-day “The Shepherds’ Fest 2019” in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: “The Shepherds’ Fest 2019” organised by The Shepherds' International Academy was on Saturday inaugurated in the city at their school premises at the Ivory Enclave in Attavar. The two-day event organised for the parents and students with fun activities and food stalls, was inaugurated by Chief Guests for the inaugural event.
Dr. Abdul Qadeer, Advisor of The Shepherds’ International Academy (Chairman of Shaheen Group of Institutions, Bidar), Corporator, Abdul Ravoof, Advocate, Abbas Narsha, Partner of Apple Mart, Haneef PS, Director of A.K. Group of Companies, Anil Kumar, and Owner of Hotel Royal Treat Barakath Ahmed were the Chief Guests who inaugurated the Fest jointly by cutting ribbon.
A press statement from the Academy stated that the event was organised and aimed at improving the relationship and involvement of the parents and school administration. It also added that the academy organise similar fests every year and it has been an annual affair for the academy which has been successful in striking the chords between School, Students and Parents.
Several fun, learning and creative activities have been arranged for both parents and students to make the Fest interesting. Students and parents were seen participating in activities like Drawing and Coloring, Art and craft, Selfie Corner, origami, pottery, tattoo and other games.
The Fest is open to all and families along with their children can visit the fest and participate in the activities.
The officials of the academy noted that the response by the families and parents of the students was tremendous on the first day of the event and they were expecting it to mount further on the final day being Sunday.
The food outlets and stalls with multi-cuisine dishes has also attracted families at parent to the Fest. The two-day fest will conclude on Sunday night at 8 pm.
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Gurugram Police arrest BJP Yuva Morcha member for spreading fake murder story on social media
New Delhi: Gurugram Police have arrested BJP Yuva Morcha member Hariom Mishra, for allegedly spreading a fabricated and communally sensitive story on social media about the murder of a college student in Gurugram.
Mishra who is also known as Shaurya Mishra had shared a collage of four photographs on his X handle earlier this month. He claimed that a 24-year-old college student, identified as Nikita Agarwal, had been murdered by her classmate Arif Khan in Gurugram. In the post, he alleged that the woman was blackmailed, forced into prostitution, gangraped, and eventually killed. He also claimed that Arif dumped her body in a forest. The claims were presented as being based on police sources.
The post went viral and garnering over 1.5 lakh views, and was amplified by several right-wing social media handles across X, Facebook and Instagram. A verification of the claims revealed that no such incident had taken place in Gurugram. A search of credible news reports showed no record of any such murder. The police said this news would have inevitably attracted media attention if it were true.
On December 11, Gurugram Police publicly refuted the claims through their official X handle. They stated that the information which was being circulated was completely false. The police warned that legal action would be taken against those spreading misinformation. Despite the warning, Mishra neither deleted the post nor issued any clarification.
Police in Gurugram confirmed Mishra's arrest on December 16. The police said a FIR was filed after he continued to spread false information about the alleged murder of a Hindu woman by Muslim man. Police said Mishra, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, is now being investigated.
Gurugram Police spokesperson Sandeep Singh told The Print that the accused had deliberately misrepresented facts and used objectionable content to spread hatred along religious lines. “Such posts can create serious disturbances in society, and the police take these matters very seriously,” he said.
A reverse image search conducted by fact-checkers at Alt News, revealed that the photographs used in the viral post were unrelated to the claims, while two of the images were traced to a Pinterest account belonging to influencer Maulik Chopra and another image was sourced from an Instagram post by influencer Shivam Thakur featuring a woman named Deepanshi Rawat. The fourth image was found on an unrelated Instagram page. The images depicted different individuals and had no connection to any crime.
Police said they are also investigating Mishra’s motive behind sharing the false and provocative content.
