Davangere: Kerala origin youths killed in road accident
Davengere: Two kerala origin youths reportedly died in a fatal accident here on the National Highway-48 near the railway bridge situated opposite to the city’s S.S Hospital on Thursday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Athul (25) and Rishikesh (24) both hailing from Kerala. It has been learnt that both of them were traveling to Bengaluru from Hubli.
The incident reportedly happened when the youths lost control over the bike they were traveling in and rammed into a traffic barrier, as a result both the youths fell off the bridge to the edge of the railway track, resulting in their death on the spot.
In the meantime a car traveling from the opposite direction reportedly hit the stranded bike on the road. The car driver who sustained minor injuries was admitted to the hospital.
Superintendent of police, Uma Prashant reached the accident spot and conducted an investigation. The Davangere South Traffic Police registered a case in connection with the accident.
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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.
