Bengal BJP leader held for 'vandalising' Congress' state headquarters
Kolkata (PTI): BJP leader Rakesh Singh was arrested for allegedly being involved in vandalising the Congress' West Bengal unit headquarters here, police said on Wednesday.
Singh, who had been absconding since the attack on the Bidhan Bhavan in central Kolkata on August 29, was apprehended from a housing complex in Tangra area in the eastern part of the city, a senior officer said.
"We have arrested him on Tuesday night from Tangra in connection with the attack on the Congress office. He was hiding there. The accused will be produced before the court on Wednesday," he said.
Singh was seen "engaging in the act of vandalising the Congress office", the officer said.
During the attack, cutouts of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other senior party functionaries were defaced, and its flags were torn, the police said.
The Kolkata Police have arrested several individuals in connection with the August 29 incident, but Singh remained untraceable.
"On Sunday night, police officers raided his residence, but he was not there. His son Shivam Singh was interrogated multiple times and was later taken into custody," the officer said.
"While in hiding, Rakesh Singh released a video clip threatening the police and launched a verbal attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Two days after the release of that video, he was arrested," the police added.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
