Terrible incident in Jodupala: 1 dies under debris
Massive rockslide, 3 houses collapsed
Sullia: Three houses were damaged entirely as a result of rock sliding at Jodupala between Sampaje-Madikeri. Six people, who were residing in these houses, stranded under muddy debris. Out of whom one found dead. A woman and four children, who have gone missing, are suspected to be trapped under the muddy rubble.
The dead body of one Basappa has been located.
A rock was slipping after sliding from the upper part of Jodupala since Thursday. Following which, the people residing there were shifted to a nearby school. On Friday, the debris flowed in along with rainwater due to which movements of vehicles and people were not possible for up to three kilometers.
Later, the National Disaster Relief Force arrived from Mangaluru and indulged in the rescue operation. Sullia SI Manjunath, constables, and locals participated in the rescue work. Basappa's body was taken out of the debris in the afternoon. His wife and two children are not yet found. Two children of Hamid, a resident of another house, have also gone missing.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
