Immoral brigade tries to defame female student activist from city
Mangaluru: Close on the heels of a college student from Moodigere ending her life after some unscrupulous elements threatened her and even tried to defame her by circulating her photo on social sites, another similar incident of trying to defame a female student has been reported from Mangaluru.
Madhuri Bolar, an M.Com student at the Government Women's First Grade College at Carstreet, who also happens to be the District Secretary of the Student Federation Of India has lodged a complaint with the City Police Commissioner alleging that she was being linked to a Muslim youth by misusing a Facebook group photo clicked with classmates and circulating it in WhatsApp.
"The group photo with colleagues of the student movement namely Ganesh Bolar, Suhas Adiga and Hamza Kinya was uploaded on Facebook. But since some days this photo is being circulated on WhatsApp by some activists of a Hindu outfit who are involved in a malicious propaganda that Hindu girls talking to Muslim boys was leading to Love Jihad."
She also alleged that the photo with the message that Hamza who is seen with Hindu girls should be kept on watched and taught lesson.
Madhuri has said that she was suffering mental agony and also fears this may affect her studies. She also said even her parents are worried over the development. She has urged the Police to initiate stern action against those resorting to such malicious propaganda.
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Binny Bansal steps down from board of PhonePe
New Delhi, Nov 22: Flipkart's co-founder Binny Bansal has stepped down from the board of PhonePe, the fintech company said on Friday.
PhonePe also announced the appointment of Manish Sabharwal as an Independent Director and Chair of its Audit Committee.
In this role, Sabharwal will be instrumental in upholding the integrity and effectiveness of PhonePe's financial reporting, internal controls, and risk management practices, he company said in a release.
"PhonePe also announced that Flipkart's co-founder, Binny Bansal has stepped down from its Board of Directors. Binny acquired PhonePe in 2016 and has been on its Board since then," the release said.
Commenting on the board rejig, Sameer Nigam, CEO and Founder of PhonePe said, "I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Binny Bansal for being one of PhonePe's earliest and staunchest supporters. His active engagement, strategic guidance, and personal mentorship have profoundly enriched our discussions. Binny will be missed!"
Nigam further said that Sabharwal's depth of understanding of India's macro economy, coupled with his leadership in shaping India's policies for education, employment, and employability will be invaluable as PhonePe continues to work ahead towards shared vision of a Viksit Bharat by 2047.
Sabharwal is Vice-Chairman of Teamlease Services, India's largest staffing and human capital firm.
Bansal played an instrumental role in Flipkart's acquisition of PhonePe way back in 2016 and had been on its board since then (the payments firm separated from Flipkart in 2022).
