Bagalkote, May 6: In a tempo of criticing the opponents, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday insulted the Congress leaders saying that Congress leaders won’t learn lessons even from Mudhol dogs.

Speaking at an election campaign here on Sunday, Modi said that “Congress people, you don’t need to learn anything from your ancestors. At least, learn something from Bagalkote Mudhol dogs. I have no hope that you won’t learn anything even from them”, this was how Modi taunted the Congress people.

 When debate started over patriotism, some people will feel uncomfortable if the debated turned towards ‘Vande Mataram’. The country had got the independence through patriotism. Now, development should be achieved through that patriotism. But Congress people would not like patriotism, he said.

In order to help the weavers, the central government has introduced various schemes. They could get loans very easily for purchasing machines to set up power looms. They made provision for online marketing in order to ensure world market for Ilakal sarees, he claimed. 

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Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.

Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.

As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.

The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.

Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.

A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.

The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.