Madikeri: Udupi based medical student dies in road accident
Madikeri: In a tragic incident, a final year student of a Medical College in Madikeri died in a collision between a tanker and a bike here at Katakeri on Wednesday.
The deceased student has been identified as Vijesh a native of Udupi.
The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday evening when Vijesh and Shivanand were traveling to Madikeri from Udupi on a bike. When a milk tanker, en-route from Madikeri to Sullia, collided with their bike near Katakeri. Leading to Vijesh’s death and severely injuring the pillion rider, Shivanand. Shivanand is currently undergoing medical treatment and has been admitted to the Madikeri district hospital.
Meanwhile, Madikeri Rural Police reached the spot and conducted an investigation. Subsequently, they filed a case against the lorry driver and initiated further legal proceedings.
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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.
