Stop using loudspeakers in centres of worship: Dr Hampa
Udupi, June 8: Noted writer Dr Hampa Nagarajaiah said that either the Prime Minister or the respective governments should take steps to stop using loudspeakers in centres of worship.
After receiving Sediyapu Krishna Bhat award at a programme organized by the Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Research Centre and, Manipal Academy of Higher Education at the MGM College here on Friday, he said that people of respective religions have to do prayers in their centres of worships. But stop using loudspeakers, he said.
India has become a nation of holidays. Perhaps no other country in the world has these many holidays. Being the secular country, each caste is being given a holiday. Such holidays are detrimental to the development of the country. Let the government declare only one holiday on August 15. The Prime Minister should take a decision in the Parliament, he said.
Cultural thinker Dr Erya Lakshminarayan Alva, Dr H Shantaram, Prof Taltaje Vasanth Kumar, Prof KP Rao, Dr SJ Bhat, Prof Varadesh Hiregange and others were present.
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Minor girl kidnapped and raped; main accused and two cafe owners held
Latur (PTI): A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an 18-year-old man in Latur, leading to the arrest of the main accused and owners of two cafes where the crime occurred on December 4, police said on Saturday.
Police traced the girl within hours of registering the complaint. The accused, identified as Rihan Gulab Shaikh, was arrested based on the girl's complaint. Two others are owners of two cafes where the crime occurred, police said.
Police registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), POCSO Act, and the Prevention of Atrocities Act, an official said.
