Davangere: 30 arrested over stone-pelting during Ganesha procession
security provided to mosques, says IGP
Davangere: Eastern Zone IGP Ramesh B has said that 30 people have been arrested in connection with the stone-pelting incident here during the Ganesha idol immersion procession on Thursday. He added that an FIR has also been filed for creating ruckus in a residential area, other than during the procession.
The chaotic situation was caused with miscreants pelting stones when the Ganesha procession was passing from Aralimara Circle to Venkateswara Circle on Betur Road in Davangere city.
The senior police officer, who said that the police are on overnight beat in the affected area, added that police security has been provided to mosques on Friday too, after the incident. He confirmed that the situation in the city has been brought back to normal, with businessmen reopening their stores on Friday.
The IGP warned of taking strict legal action on legal grounds if attempts were made to violate the law or give rise to communal riots.
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
