Bhatkal: Anand Ashram Convent School kick-starts golden jubilee celebrations
BHATKAL: The golden jubilee celebrations of Anand Ashram Convent School, Bhatkal got off to a colorful start with an inaugural ceremony on January 7, 2023, held n its festively decorated campus in the coastal town.
The ceremony was marked by the presence of seven students of the first batch of the convent which was founded in 1973.
Rev Sr Juilana Pais, Deputy Secretary, UFES, Mangaluru Province, was the chief guest while Rev Sr Clara Menezes, Provincial Superior, Mangalore Province, presided over the ceremony. Rev Fr Premkumar D’Souza, Parish Priest, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Mundalli, Bhatkal, was present on the occasion.
Among the guests of honour were Rev Sr Barbara Franco and Rev Sr Bibiana Norona, headmistress and assistant headmistress, respectively, of the first-batch students.
First-batch students Aftab Husain Kola, Salman Ahmed Jubapu, Mrs Asma Farhana, Nadeem Shabandri, Sebastian Johni D’Souza, Mrs. Farzana Abdul Hadi Soudagar, and Mrs. Parveen Mohammed Yusuf Chitrigi were present.
Reminiscing about the golden school days, Aftab Kola said: "Through the galleries of my mind, I can still picture the scenes of those beautiful, memorable years. Being a member of the first outgoing batch of any school is always an honour. We were really fortunate.”
Rev Sr Lucy D'Souza, Correspondent; Rev Sr Anitha Pinto, Superior; Rev Sr Vinutha D'Souza, Principal of Anand Ashram Composite PU College; Rev Sr Irene Matthias, Principal of Joy land Play Home; and Nagaraj E H, Vice President of PTA, were also present on the occasion.
Rev Sr Saritha Thoras, the present Principal of Anand Ashram Convent English Medium Higher Primary school, welcomed the guests. Students enthralled the audience with their cultural programmes. The school has planned year-long events that will conclude with a grand valedictory function scheduled for November 25, 2023.
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Plea about 'threat' to Rahul Gandhi filed without his consent, to be withdrawn: Lawyer
Pune, Aug 13 (PTI): Hours after filing a plea in a court here claiming apprehension of threat to Rahul Gandhi from the followers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the Congress leader's lawyer on Wednesday said it was filed without Gandhi's consent, and would be withdrawn.
He will submit another application on Thursday to withdraw the `Pursis' or the application filed before Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Amol Shinde, said Advocate Milind Pawar.
Pawar is representing Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, grand-nephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, over certain statements made by the Congress leader against the late freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue.
He drafted the application without consulting Gandhi and the latter has taken a "strong exception to the filing of this Pursis and expressed his disagreement with its contents", the lawyer said in a press release late in the evening.
The application filed by advocate Pawar earlier in the day said that complainant Satyaki Savarkar had admitted that he is also a direct descendant, through maternal lineage, of Nathuram Godse and Gopal Godse, principal accused in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and recently held a press conference in Delhi, placing before the nation evidence of electoral fraud by the Election Commission, the application said.
"Furthermore, during the parliamentary debate on the subject of Hindutva, there was a heated exchange between the Prime Minister and Shri Rahul Gandhi, a matter well known to the public. Against this backdrop, there is little doubt that the complainant, his great-grandfathers (the Godses), those connected with the ideology of Vinayak Savarkar, and some followers of Savarkar who are presently in power, may harbor hostility or resentment towards Gandhi," the application said.
"In light of the documented history of violent and anti-constitutional tendencies linked to the complainant's lineage, and considering the prevailing political climate, there exists a clear, reasonable, and substantial apprehension that Rahul Gandhi may face harm, wrongful implication, or other forms of targeting by persons subscribing to the ideology of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar," the application stated.
The Pune court has already granted bail to Rahul Gandhi in the defamation case. The trial is yet to begin.
Reacting to the development, Advocate Sangram Kolhatkar, Satyaki Savarkar's lawyer, asked why the application was filed in the first place. "This is nothing but an attempt to delay the trial by moving such frivolous pleas," he said.
Satyaki Savarkar has filed a defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi, alleging that in a speech made in London in March 2023, the Congress leader claimed that V D Savarkar had written in a book that he and five to six of his friends once beat up a Muslim man and he (Savarkar) felt happy.
No such incident ever took place, and V D Savarkar never wrote any such thing anywhere, the complaint claimed.
