Bagalkote: Degree college student dies by suicide allegedly due to ragging
Bagalkote: In a shocking incident at Gulegudda town on Friday evening, a final-year degree student reportedly died by suicide, allegedly due to ragging. The deceased has been identified as Anjali (21), a BA final-year student at Bhandari College.
According to police, Anjali left behind a death note naming three individuals, identified as Varsha, Pradeep, and another friend, along with their mobile numbers, accusing them of causing her mental distress. In the note, she wrote that they were responsible for her death and should not be spared.
The death note reportedly stated: "These three people have had a deep impact on my life. They mentally weakened me and have become destructive figures in my life. They should not be left unpunished. Saying goodbye."
A case has been registered against the three accused at the Gulegudda Police Station, and an investigation is underway.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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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.
