Voice for Kannada in Kasaragod should reach Delhi: Pradeep Kumar Kalkura
Mangaluru, August 10: Dakshina Kannada District Kannada Sahitya Parishat president S Pradeep Kumar Kalkura said that as Kasargod was integral part of Karnataka state, the administration and education there should be in Kannada.
Addressing a protest staged in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Friday by the Kasaragod Kannada Action Committee to prevail upon the Kerala government to cancel the order to teach Malayalam in Kannada medium schools in Kasaragod, he said that Kannada was facing a threat in Kasargod due to the imposition of Malayalam. The voice for Kannada in Kasaragod should reach New Delhi, he said.
Though the Karnataka government has given reservation in entrance exam for higher education for Gadinadu Kannadigas, this reservation was being misused. Non-Kannadigas have been getting admission into higher education courses by producing false certificates. So, the government should take steps to ensure the seats only to those who have completed their education from 1st to 10th standard in Kannada medium or Kannada as a language. The KSRTC should consider the senior citizens of Kasargod district for concession passes. Steps should be taken to use Kannada language in railway stations along with Malayalam from Mangaluru to Kanhangad, he demanded.
Action Committee president Muralidhar Ballakkuraya, general secretary Bhaskar Kasargod, KSP former state president Harikrishna Punaroor, Kasargod District KSP leader SV Bhat, Kasaragod ZP member Harshad Varkadi, Kasaragod Kannada Teachers Association leader Mahalingeshwar Bhat, Kannada Jagruta Samiti president Satyanarayan, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike leader Anildas, and others were present.
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One person taken into custody after woman found dead in Himachal forest
Nahan (HP) (PTI): A suspect has been taken into custody after a woman's partially burnt body was found in a forest near a police battalion camp in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmour district, police said.
The body of the woman, who is stated to be in her late 30s, was spotted in the dense forest of the Karaunde Wali Ghati area near Dhaula Kuan by locals on Wednesday morning. The identity of the deceased has not yet been established.
The accused in the case was taken into custody at Bata Bridge in Paonta Sahib on Wednesday evening following scanning of the CCTV footage of the area coupled with inputs from Haryana Police, police said.
According to police, the accused is a resident of Barara town in Ambala district of Haryana. A case of kidnapping has already been registered against him in Ambala.
Sirmour District Superintendent of Police Nischint Singh Negi said one person has been taken into custody following contact with Haryana Police.
Postmortem examination of the woman is scheduled to be conducted on Thursday at the Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar Government Medical College at Nahan.
Police are currently investigating whether the woman was murdered in Barara itself, and if her body was subsequently dumped in the Paonta forest and set on fire.
