Mangaluru: Fire breaks out at tyres shop; local youngsters avert major tragedy
Mangaluru: Fire broke out at a tyre shop in Bunder near Hidayat Centre here in the city on Thursday morning. The locals who noticed the fire quickly swung into action and extinguished the fire thus averting a major tragedy.
The shop named Navajeevan Traders and is reportedly is owned by K C Suresh.
Irshad Venoor who noticed the fire alerted Pandeshwar Fire Brigade station while also informing the MESCOM officials to disconnect electricity supply in the vicinity.
Soon, local youngsters Asif, Ameer Kudroli, Munavvar Kandak, Kasim, Shoukat Ali and others joined together and extinguished the fire. The complex where the shop is located has over 12 apartments and incident could’ve ended in a major tragedy if the youngsters had not jumped to the rescue operation.
It is reported that short-circuit triggered the fire in the shop. The shopowner estimated a loss of Rs. six lakhs in the incident. A case in this regard has been registered at local police station.
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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.
