Jains protest, Put garland of shoes on Ananthkumar Hegde’s photo
Controvercial statement on Shravanabelagola
A group of Jains from Tigadoli village near Kittur protested against central minister by putting a garland of shoes on his photo. They said that the minister has hurt the sentiments of Jains by his crass remarks and submitted a memorandum to the Tahasildar to initiate action against Mr. Hegde.
On Sunday while campaigning in support of a BJP candidate at Belagavi; Hegde had made some uncharitable references to Shravanabelagola while attacking Rahul Gandhi. His statement had triggered a controversy and Jain community had reacted angrily.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases. Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
