Dakshina Kannada’s Madrasas get Rs. 3.96 crores for modernization from Minority Directorate
Mangaluru: Department of Minority Welfare, Directorate of Minorities, Government of Karnataka has released a one-time grant of Rs. 8.12 crores for modernization of Madrasas in the state.
Under the Modernization of Madrasa scheme, in order to provide modern education in Madrasas, the Government has released the funds.
In a notification dated 8 February on the official website of Department of Minority Welfare and Directorate of Minorities, the one-time grant of 8.12 crores has been divided and given to 92 Madrasas across the state.
The notifications states “Under Modernization of Madrasa Scheme to provide a Modern, Formal and Computer Education in Madrasas, the Government of Karnataka has released a one-time grant of Rs. 8.12 crores (Batch 4) to the 92 Madrasas”.
Dakshina Kannada District however, has secured the lion’s share in the fund, with as much as 40 Madrasas of the District finding itself in the list of 92 Madrasas selected across the state.
The district has also secured, by far the highest amount from the grant, with 40 Madrasas getting a total grant of Three Crores Ninety Six Lakh Rupees.
39 of the 40 Madrasas have received the grant of Rs Ten Lakhs while one Madrasa received the grant of Rs. Six Lakhs
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The only other district to get a grant of over one crore rupees other than Dakshina Kannada is Vijayapura, which has secured a grant of One Crore Twelve Lakh Rupees for fourteen Madrasas in the district.
Other than the two districts, no other district has secured the grant worth more than fifty lakh rupees.
According to the notification, this is the highest sum released among the four batches of the schemes. In the first batch of grant Rs. Twenty Two Crores Twenty Lakhs Rupees, the second batch released grant of Seventy Six Lakh Rupees, while the third batch had released Five Crores Fifty Six Lakhs Rupees under the Modernization of Madrasa Scheme.
After 8.12 crores’ grant in the fourth batch, the government has released Sixteen Crores Seventy Six Lakhs Rupees in the scheme.
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Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire, accusing Hezbollah of breaching truce
Beirut, Nov 28: The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
There was no immediate word on casualties from Israel's aerial attack, which came hours after the Israeli military said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon. Israel said they were violating the ceasefire agreement, without providing details. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two people were wounded.
The back-to-back incidents stirred unease about the agreement, brokered by the United States and France, which includes an initial two-month ceasefire in which Hezbollah members are to withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers.
On Thursday, the second day of a ceasefire after more than a year of bloody conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon's state news agency reported that Israeli fire targeted civilians in Markaba, close to the border, without providing further details. Israel said it fired artillery in three other locations near the border. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
An Associated Press reporter in northern Israel near the border heard Israeli drones buzzing overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.
The Israeli military said in a statement that “several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire.” It said troops “opened fire toward them” and would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”
Israeli officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. Israel has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.
A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as Israeli troops withdraw. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.
The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began a day after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack out of Gaza, when the Lebanese Hezbollah group began firing rockets, drones and missiles in solidarity.
Israel retaliated with airstrikes, and the conflict steadily intensified for nearly a year before boiling over into all-out war in mid-September. The war in Gaza is still raging with no end in sight.
More than 3,760 people were killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon during the conflict, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The fighting killed more than 70 people in Israel — over half of them civilians — as well as dozens of Israeli soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.
Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and thousands began streaming back to their homes on Wednesday despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the Israeli army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the Israeli side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.
In Menara, an Israeli community on the border with views into Lebanon, around three quarters of homes are damaged, some with collapsed roofs and burnt-out interiors. A few residents could be seen gathering their belongings on Thursday before leaving again.
