Private school in Bengaluru asks alumnus to change Gyanvapi Mosque to "Temple" on Google Maps
The school had donated to Ram Mandir, made staff mandatorily attend screening of The Kashmir Files
Bengaluru: A popular private school in Bengaluru has reportedly sent an email to its alumni with an attachment urging them to change the name of Gyanvapi mosque to “Gyanvapi Temple” on Google maps.
The letter written to the alumni on the school’s letterhead further requested its alumni to ask “Hindu brothers and sisters” to go through a similar process till Google updates the changes.
The New Horizon Public School (NHPS) had sent this mass email to its alumni on 20 May, Friday evening, a report published in The Quint stated adding that they accessed the copy of the mail.
The mail, titled ‘Gyanvapi temple instead of gyanvapi mosque’, also has a list of directions the alumni have been asked to follow in order to change the name of the Gyanvapi mosque. The mail comes at a time when there is a heated controversy and an ongoing court case surrounding the Gyanvapi mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.
The New Horizon educational group had earlier donated to the Ram Mandir Trust, held a Bhoomi poojan ceremony in the school on the occasion of the Ram Mandir groundbreaking, and also made its staff mandatorily attend a screening of The Kashmir Files, The Quint’s report added.
After the school received backlash from some alums over the Gyanvapi email, the NHPS subsequently put out a statement on its Instagram page addressing the issue. The statement said: "We wish to clarify that the email was sent without proper screening procedures that is required for all our email communications."
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
