Goodinabali rape case: Jamaat committee, various organizations hold silent march
Protest staged, shops remain shut demanding stringent action against the perpetrators
Bantwal: In a bid to condemn the sexual assault on a minor girl of Goodinabail and demanding strict action against the perpetrators; Goodinabali Jamat Administrative Committee, various organizations, and a number of citizens wore black ribbons and carried out a silent march to BC Road on Thursday.
In addition, shopkeepers pulled down their shutters in support of the protest.
“The government should take this case seriously and provide legal protection and compensation to the victim’s family. The accused, who were involved in this inhuman act and are still on large, should also be arrested. Besides, people who are trying to cover up the case should also be punished,” the protesters demanded.
Meanwhile, the protestor s submitted a memorandum to the government via Tahsildar Purandar Hegde and Bantwal SI Chandrashekhar.
Earlier in the day, Goodinabail Masjid held a condemnation meeting.
Jamaat President Haji Mohammad, former councilor Iqbal IMR, GK Ahmed Bava, GK Basheer, journalist Farooq Koodinbali, Abubakar KH, Latif Khan Abubakar, Israr, Parvez, Hayaz Khan, and the town’s hundreds of citizens were present.
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Taj Mahal top earning ASI monument through ticket sales from FY19-20 to FY23-24: Govt
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI): The iconic Taj Mahal in Agra earned the "highest income" through the sale of tickets among the ASI-protected monuments from FY19-20 to FY23-24, according to data shared by the government.
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared the data in a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha.
He was asked the amount that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has received from selling entry tickets to various monuments in the last five years, year-wise and monument-wise; and the monuments that have received the highest income through selling entry tickets in the last five years.
In his response, the minister shared the data in a tabular form for cycles of financial years ranging from FY19-20 to FY23-24.
According to the data, Taj Mahal earned the top slot for all five years.
The Mughal-era architectural wonder was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jehan in the 17th century and it is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
In FY19-20, the Agra Fort in Agra and Qutub Minar in Delhi were in the second and third positions.
In FY20-21, the Group of Monuments Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Sun Temple, Konark were in the second and third positions. In FY23-24, Qutub Minar and Red Fort of Delhi were in the second and third positions.
