M'luru: VHP, Bajrang Dal observe bandh in Kodikal to protest damaging of snake deity by miscreants
Mangaluru: On Monday, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal jointly undertook a protest condemning the incident of miscreants allegedly having harmed a Nagabana (snake deity) in Kodikal recently.
The movement of buses was halted and shops were closed. The leaders of the organization have informed that the protest would carry on till evening. Under the leadership of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, various organizations including Bajrang Dal had called for a bandh, it is learned.
Sharan Pumpwell who addressed the protesters said, “We have requested the police officers to kill individuals who indulge in such actions through encounters. Chief Minister must pay attention to the coast. The Hindutva here voted them to power”, he expressed his outrage.
Gurupura Vajradehi Mat’s Rajashekharananda Swamiji participated in the protest gathering and delivered a speech.
After the protest meeting conducted at the Kodikal Katte Ground, a procession was taken out and a public prayer gathering was conducted at the Nagabana.
Warning to impose District-Wide Bandh issued if no arrests are made in 24 days
“When a similar incident occurred in Kulur, we had given a 24 hours duration. Concerning the case there, they have arrested a madman and are working to prove that he is the one who did it. Then, we had asked the police to prove that he was the one who had done that act. That did not happen. Now another such incident has occurred. Police are displaying a helpless attitude. They are insisting that no traces can be found. In the past, your officers had solved cases without a trace and secured the Presidents, Governors Awards. Therefore, we demand that you investigate this and secure our religious award. We believe that they will. If the situation continues to be like this, the Hindu community may display their rage in the future. Then, we won’t be held responsible for that. A scheme is underway to create communal riots. The miscreants must be arrested within 24 days. If not, the Mangaluru district may have to experience a bandh”.
-Rajashekharanand Swamiji, Vajradehi Mat, Gurupura
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Madras HC strikes down TN order limiting maternity leave for third child
Chennai: The Madras High Court has set aside a Tamil Nadu government order restricting maternity leave for a third pregnancy to 12 weeks, holding the move to be contrary to established legal principles.
A division bench comprising Justices R Suresh Kumar and N Senthil Kumar ruled that there was no justification to treat third pregnancies differently from the first two, observing that the physical and medical requirements of childbirth remain the same irrespective of the number of pregnancies, as reported by The News Minute.
According to a report published by Live Law, the court was hearing a petition filed by Shayee Nisha, a staff member of the district judiciary in Villupuram, whose request for maternity leave from February 2026 to February 2027 had been curtailed to three months by authorities citing the March 13, 2026 government order.
Quashing the decision of the Principal District Judge and related directions asking her to resume duty, the bench directed that she be granted maternity leave on par with that provided for earlier pregnancies, allowing up to 365 days.
The court noted that both the Supreme Court of India and earlier rulings of the High Court had consistently held that maternity benefits cannot be denied for a third child. Holding the restriction to be unsustainable, the court directed authorities to process maternity leave applications without discrimination based on the number of pregnancies.
It also pointed out that a similar issue had been addressed by a division bench earlier this year, which had disapproved denial of maternity leave in such cases and directed that its ruling be circulated among judicial officers. Despite this, the state issued the impugned order, the bench observed.
