More than 1200 police personnel deployed in Mangaluru City as precautionary measure: Top-cop
Hijab verdict
Mangaluru: In the background of the Karnataka High Court’s verdict on the permissibility of wearing a Hijab in classrooms, more than 1200 police personnel have been deployed in the jurisdiction of the Mangaluru City Commissionerate as a precautionary measure, Commissioner N. Shashikumar informed.
After issuing directions to the police officials and staff regarding the deployment at Circuit House in the city, the commissioner spoke to the press.
“Senior Officials have advised regarding the precautionary measures through a video conference yesterday. Mangaluru Commissionerate holds a strength of more than 2000 police officers and staff”, he said.
“Since 9 am, more than 1200 police personnel have been busy with the deployment arrangement. The District Commissioner has already pronounced holidays for schools and colleges in the district. A prohibitory order has also been imposed amid this. Earlier, during the Covid, Hijab-Saffron shawls cases, the people and organizations of Mangaluru had cooperated in ensuring peace, law, and order in the city”, he said.
DCP Dinesh Kumar, ACPs P. A Hegde, and others were present.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
