Mangaluru: International athlete Poovamma feted
Mangaluru, September 19: International athlete M.R Poovamma, who won the gold medal in the Asian Games, was felicitated by the Canara High School Association at its high school here on Wednesday.
M.R Poovamma is the alumni of Canara High School of Urva. She was felicitated for winning the gold medal in the international games. She was taken in a procession from Mangala Stadium to the Canara High School and was felicitated at Mizar Govinda Pai Auditorium of the school. The Canara High School Association felicitated her with a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.
Speaking on the occasion, Poovamma said that cocurricular activities could also support a person to build his/her career. But the schools and colleges should ensure a conducive atmosphere to it, she added.
Association vice president Annappa Pai, honorary secretary Ranganath Bhat, president S.S Kamath, School convener Panchamal Gopalkrishna Shenoy, Management Board Members Kochikar Sudhakar Pai, Basti Purushottam Shenoy, K Suresh Kamath, M Ganesh Kamath, Srikanth Pai, Head mistress Aruna Kumari and Lalana J Shenoy, Canara higher primary school Dongarakeri convener Basti Purushottam Shenoy and teacher Ravindranath Shetty were present at the programme.
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PM Modi, RSS strengthening wall in path of SCs, STs, OBCs: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS were strengthening the wall standing in the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs, even as he acknowledged that the UPA took steps to weaken that wall but not to the extent it should have.
Addressing the 'Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan', Gandhi also referred to the function held on Constitution Day in Parliament and said that it is his guarantee, that "Modi has not read" the Constitution.
"If PM Modi would have read this book then what he does daily, he would not do it," Gandhi said, displaying a copy of the Constitution of India.
Gandhi said the country's whole system is pitted against Dalits, Adivasis and backward class people.
He said a wall obstructs the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs and Modi and the RSS are strengthening that wall by "adding cement to it".
"Slowly the wall (obstructing the path of SCs, STs, OBCs) is getting strengthened. Earlier, the UPA government gave MGNREGA, the land acquisition act, the right to food...those were ways to weaken that wall. Today, when I look back, I can say the UPA government did not weaken the wall to the extent it should have, it did not do it as strongly as it should have," Gandhi said.
"However, we used to make efforts to weaken that wall but they (the BJP) are strengthening that wall by adding concrete," the former Congress president said.
Gandhi said a caste survey being carried out in Telangana is a historic step and the Congress will do the same wherever it comes to power.
