Congress divided on hijab issue: Karnataka Minister R Ashok
Mangaluru (PTI): The Congress party is divided on the hijab (scarf) issue as the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) D K Shivakumar is not backing the views of Opposition Leader Siddaramaiah on the row, State Revenue Minister R Ashok said on Saturday.
Addressing reporters on the sidelines of a meeting at the zilla panchayat hall here, Ashok said Shivakumar is not allowing Congress leaders to openly say that they are in favour of hijab while Siddaramaiah has a different stance.
Ashok was responding to the Congress's demand for the resignation of K S Eshwarappa for his remarks on saffron flag at the Red Fort.
The Congress is not prepared to raise the hijab issue in the Assembly for discussion and is deviating the attention to Eshwarappa's comment, Ashok alleged.
The Minister wanted the Congress to come out clear on the issue to enable students to return to colleges.
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Air India flight makes emergency landing after engine shuts off midair
Bengaluru, Jan 7: A Delhi bound Air India flight made an emergency landing after one of its engines shuts off midair, sources in the airport said on Tuesday.
According to sources, the flight 2820 took off on Sunday evening at about 7 pm from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
It returned an hour later after circling over Bengaluru city for some time, the sources added.
"It happened day before yesterday. We don't have the technical details but the flight made an emergency landing," another source told PTI.
He also said that no untoward incident happened and all the passengers were safe.
