ACB carries out raids at 17 places including Mangaluru: Homes, offices of 5 officers inspected
Bengaluru, Dec 28: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Friday morning, conducted raids at 17 places in the state, including Mangaluru. The sleuths inspected property documents at the houses and offices of five officials accused of corruption.
The ACB conducted the raids at Bengaluru, Chintamani, Mysuru, Hunasuru, Udupi, Davangere, Chikkamagaluru, Mangaluru and Karwar.
The raids were carried out on Mangaluru's Reader of Government College of Teacher Education D. Manjunath, Davanagere's Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Hansveni, Bengaluru's Additional Controller of Co-operative Societies R. Shridhar, Bengaluru's Assistant Director of Urban Planning Beesetappa, and Mysuru MUDA's Junior Engineer K. Mani.
The ACB, who gathered the authentic information that these officials are possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, have filed a disproportinate assets case against them. In addition to this, the ACB sleuths began searching in 17 locations related to them.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
