Stop using loudspeakers in centres of worship: Dr Hampa
Udupi, June 8: Noted writer Dr Hampa Nagarajaiah said that either the Prime Minister or the respective governments should take steps to stop using loudspeakers in centres of worship.
After receiving Sediyapu Krishna Bhat award at a programme organized by the Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Research Centre and, Manipal Academy of Higher Education at the MGM College here on Friday, he said that people of respective religions have to do prayers in their centres of worships. But stop using loudspeakers, he said.
India has become a nation of holidays. Perhaps no other country in the world has these many holidays. Being the secular country, each caste is being given a holiday. Such holidays are detrimental to the development of the country. Let the government declare only one holiday on August 15. The Prime Minister should take a decision in the Parliament, he said.
Cultural thinker Dr Erya Lakshminarayan Alva, Dr H Shantaram, Prof Taltaje Vasanth Kumar, Prof KP Rao, Dr SJ Bhat, Prof Varadesh Hiregange and others were present.
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Andhra Pradesh man arrested for selling red sanders worth Rs 7.12 lakh in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Madiwala police have arrested a man for allegedly selling red sandalwood illegally and seized 285 kg of red sanders worth Rs 7.12 lakh, officials said.
According to Deccan Herald, the accused has been identified as Babajan (38), a native of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh.
Police said that on March 11, they received information that the suspect was near the Silk Board bus stand with the pieces for sale.
A team of policemen intercepted Babajan and placed him under arrest.
During custodial interrogation, he revealed that he had stored the illegally obtained red sandalwood on an empty plot near Anekal on the outskirts of the city.
The red sanders have been confiscated, and further investigation is underway.
