Udupi: Banking services hit as employees go on strike
Mangaluru/Udupi, Oct 22: Banking services in Dakshina Kannada district were hit as a majority of employees went on strike on Tuesday as part of the nationwide stir called by various employees unions to protest mergers of banks.
Most of the employees in banks abstained from work causing difficulty to customers who were caught unaware by the one-day strike by employees.
A protest was held by All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) in neighbouring Udupi district against the Union governments move at Corporation Bank zonal office in Udupi.
Addressing protesters, Syndicate Bank employees union state joint secretary Premanath Poojary claimed around 50,000 employees have lost jobs since the merger of SBI with its satellite banks and 6,950 SBI banks were closed.
The Centre should rethink on their decision and take steps to recover corporate loans to tide over economic crisis, he said.
The protests against bank mergers began on September 26 in Udupi and later in Mangaluru on October 18, where employees, central trade unions and members of the public had taken part.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
