Mangaluru MLA Vedavyasa Kamath meets Education minister, seeks Dasara holidays to be reviewed

Vartha Bharati | 17-09-2019 | 11:02:00 IST

Mangaluru: Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyass Kamath has reportedly requested Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar to approve leave for colleges and schools for Dasara from September 30.

Kamath reportedly met Minister Suresh Kumar and urged him to declare holidays for Dasara from September 30 in Mangaluru. He also told Suresh Kumar that Dasara in Mangaluru is celebrated with as much anticipation as that of in Mysuru.

He further noted during his conversation with Suresh Kumar that during Navaratri, temples in Mangaluru organise special puja’s, events and other rituals and declaring holidays during the Navratri will benefit the students and families, and that declaring holidays from October 6 will cause inconvenience for the students in Dakshina Kannada.

Kamath has reportedly requested the minister to review the holidays and has urged him to issue circular to all government, private. Subsidized and non-subsidized educational institutions in Dakshina Kannada to declare holidays from September 30.

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Boat carrying 250 people, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, sinks in Andaman Sea

15-04-2026 ¦ 15-04-2026 IST

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Dhaka (AP): At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, were missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently on the way to Malaysia, according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies.

When the boat sank and the status of any search Wednesday were unclear.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration in a joint statement said Tuesday that the trawler departed from Teknaf in the southern Bangladeshi district of Cox's Bazar carrying a large number of passengers to Malaysia.

Overcrowding, strong winds and rough seas caused the vessel to lose control and sink, the agencies said.

UNHCR and IOM said the disappearance reflected the protracted displacement of Rohingya people and the absence of durable solutions.

They said ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state has made the Rohingyas' safe return to Myanmar uncertain, and limited humanitarian assistance, restricted access to education and employment in refugee camps, continue to push vulnerable Rohingya refugees to choose risky sea journeys, often based on false promises of higher wages and better opportunities abroad.

UNHCR and IOM urged the international community to strengthen funding and solidarity to ensure lifesaving assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, which has sheltered more than 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar.