Udupi: Police head constable deployed for PM’s security duty dies after falling ill
Udupi: A police head constable deployed for security duty ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Udupi has passed away.
The deceased has been identified as Vijay Kumar Naik G, 41, a head constable from Panchanahalli Police Station in Kadur taluk of Chikkamagaluru district. He had arrived in Udupi on November 26 for bandobast arrangements related to the Prime Minister’s programme on November 28.
According to police, Vijay Kumar fell ill on the morning of November 27 while on duty. He vomited and developed breathing difficulties, following which he was rushed to a private hospital in Udupi. Despite treatment, his condition worsened and he passed away on the evening of November 29.
The complaint states that Vijay Kumar Naik died due to illness. Udupi Town Police have registered a case.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
