Provocative posters in Bantwal Taluk Kannada Sahitya Sammelan
Bantwal: Bibliophiles expressed their displeasure over the controvercial posters pasted on the school walls during the two-day Bantwal Taluk 20th Sahitya Sammelan held at Mani Balavikas English medium school, on Sunday.
Posters related to literature and history were posted on the walls of the premises of the Balavikas English media school, where the Sammelan is being held. It has been said that many of these posters were making derogatory remarks about Islam and attempting to evoke the events of history on one religion.
The public has complained that the literary conference is an anti-Islam stance, with posters affixed to the walls of the school as evidence.
When the Kannada Sahitya Parishad Bantwal taluk president K Mohan Rao contacted, he said that he had no information about the posters. It has been alleged that he gave some unsatisfactory answers and escaped when he was asked about the removal of the posters. Reacting about this, the chairman of the Balavikasa school said that the posters were affixed on the school wall by the Sahitya Sammelan and school had nothing to do with it.
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President Donald Trump to feature on limited edition US passports
Washington (PTI): The State Department is all set to unveil a limited-edition US passport with pictures of President Donald Trump and the Founding Fathers to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence in July.
The special passports will be available only to those who show up in person at the Washington Passport Agency and not anywhere else across the country.
The Department of State shared images of the limited edition passports on its social media accounts.
One page of the passport carries Trump's image surrounded by the text of the Declaration of Independence and the American flag along with the president's signature in gold.
Another page features the famous painting of the founding fathers at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The passports, which are set to be released this summer, are part of the Trump administration’s broader "America250" celebration, which also includes a Grand Prix race on the National Mall in August and a UFC fight on the White House South Lawn in June.
"As the United States celebrates America's 250th anniversary in July, @StateDept is preparing to release a limited number of specially designed US Passports to commemorate this historic occasion,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a post on X.
A State Department official told Fox News Digital that the new designs will be available for "any American citizen" who applies for a passport when the rollout happens and will continue for as long as there is availability.
“These passports will feature customised artwork and enhanced imagery while maintaining the same security features that make the US Passport the most secure documents in the world,” Pigott said in a statement.
In October, the Department of Treasury proposed minting a one dollar coin featuring Trump’s image on it, to mark the 250th anniversary of American Independence.
According to draft images confirmed as real by US Treasurer Brandon Beach, one side of the coin would feature Trump’s profile, along with the words “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “1776-2026.”
The other side of the coin would feature Trump standing with a clenched right fist in front of an American flag and the words “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT” — a reference to his chant after the 2024 assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
