Mangaluru: Snehalaya, Shraddha Foundation reunites woman with family after 28 years
Mangaluru: A woman who had been missing for nearly 28 years was finally reunited with her family, thanks to the efforts of Snehalaya and Shraddha Foundation. Chaitali, also known as Kanchanmala Lai, was welcomed back by her husband, children, and brothers after being separated from them for almost three decades.
Chaitali’s two sons had lost hope of ever seeing their mother again. One of them is an army officer in Amritsar, while the other works in Silchar. They were overwhelmed with emotion when they saw their mother alive and well.
Snehalaya rescued Chaitali on September 13, 2023, and worked hard to identify her. Since there were no personal details available, the team made several attempts, including using social media, to trace her family. On November 25, 2024, she was transferred to Shraddha Foundation. Finally, a woman recognized Chaitali’s family members, leading to the long-awaited reunion.
This heartwarming reunion was made possible by the relentless efforts of Snehalaya and Shraddha Foundation. Snehalaya has so far helped reunite more than 1,490 missing persons with their families across India. The organization is widely appreciated for its dedicated work in bringing families together, regardless of caste, language, or religion.
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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.
