Mangaluru: Four members of a family commit suicide in hotel room
Mangaluru: Four members of a family allegedly committed suicide in a room of Karuna Residency on KS Rao Road in the city.
Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar Jain has said that the deceased have been identified as Devendra (46), his wife Nirmala (46) and their nine-year-old twin daughters Chaithra and Chaithanya, who were natives of Vijayanagara in Mysuru.
The matter came to light when the hotel staff opened the door with a spare key on Friday, after the family overstayed their booking - the family had taken the room on rent on March 27 and were supposed to vacate on March 30.
Devendra is suspected to have killed his children by giving them poisoned food and then strangled his wife to death, before committing suicide by hanging himself.
The death note said that the family faced severe financial problems, said the police officer.
Police have filed a case and further investigation is on, said the commissioner.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
