Karnataka businessman gets his late wife's life-size statue installed in their "dream house"
Bengaluru: Unable to come to terms with his wife's death, a businessman from Koppal got her life-size silicon statue installed at his residence.
Visitors to K Srinivasa Gupta's residence were in for a surprise when they went for his housewarming ceremony on August 8 at Koppal. They found the statue of his wife Madhavi, draped in a pink colour saree, on the sofa.
Madhavi had died three years ago in a car accident on the way to Tirupati.
Gupta found it difficult to get over her death and in the days leading to the housewarming ceremony decided to fill the void by getting her life-size statue installed.
The task of getting the silicon statue ready was assigned to Sridhar Murthy, a sculptor in Bengaluru, Gupta told reporters.
"It was her dream house. She only got the building plan done and was part of the foundation laying ceremony," he added.
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MediaOne TV Facebook page restored after block linked to ‘government request’
Kochi: The official Facebook page of Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV has been restored after being blocked without prior notice, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.
The channel was quoted by Maktoob as saying that the restriction was lifted automatically, with Meta Platforms informing it that the action had been taken following a “government request” which has now expired or been reversed.
The development came shortly after the channel approached the Kerala High Court challenging the blocking of its page, terming it arbitrary and in violation of legal provisions and judicial precedents. The High Court had issued notice to Meta via email hours before the restriction was withdrawn.
In its petition, the channel said access to its Facebook page had been restricted for users in India without citing any specific content or alleged violation. It contended that while individual posts may be taken down under applicable a rule, blocking an entire page goes beyond the scope of such measures.
The incident followed an earlier action taken against the channel in 2022, when the Ministry of Information and transmitting prohibited it from transmitting. It cited national security concerns regarding the Ministry of Home Affairs' refusal of security clearance.
The Supreme Court of India in April 2023 set aside the ban, observing that national security claims cannot be made without substantive basis and that criticism of government policies does not render a media outlet anti-national.
